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Twelvemile House, Nevada

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Gardnerville-Minden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89410. The Survey maps it on the Gardnerville quadrangle.

Twelvemile House within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 29 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

82 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Twelvemile House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,550 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony5
Fireworks3
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficePINENUT
3 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeRUHENSTROTH
24 September 1994Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeROBINSON 1
19 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCarson City District OfficeMUSTANG
19 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreCarson City District OfficeBODIE
13 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestPIT
11 September 2011Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestRIVER ROCK
9 August 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeWHEATON LANE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Twelvemile House: 4 occurrences, 4 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sulfur, Titanium, Metal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Norex DeclineGoldOccurrence
Redelius ProspectTitanium, MetalOccurrenceRutile
Environmental Community BLM PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sawmill PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Section 5 Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction, SulfurOccurrence
West Section 31 Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction, SulfurOccurrenceSedimentary
Bing Materials Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dresslerville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pine Nut Common Use AreaSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Douglas County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Dresslerville0.8 miles29
Gardnerville Ranchos2.2 miles29
Gardnerville3.3 miles29
Centerville3.8 miles32
Buckeye3.8 miles29
Minden4.5 miles32
Valley View (historical)5.8 miles28
Sheridan6.1 miles32

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122595621The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 864248. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.