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Upper Pyramid, Nevada

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Warm Springs-Truckee Canyon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89510. It lies near Perry Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Moses Rock quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Upper Pyramid within Washoe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 22 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

92 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Upper Pyramid (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 51,884 acres in total. 50 started naturally. 5 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
Natural50
Firearms and explosives use7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Fireworks3
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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
9 September 2009Firearms and explosives use1.0 acresCarson City District OfficeROCK
9 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minor18 acresCarson City District OfficeWHISKEYSP2
25 September 1994Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficePAH RAH
24 September 1994Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeWHISKEY
15 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresCarson City District OfficeDOMINION
12 September 2017Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficePERRY
12 September 2011Natural12 acresCarson City District OfficeRNOX 18
11 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCarson City District OfficeCANYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washoe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 43 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Upper Pyramid (historical): 16 prospects, 14 occurrences, 13 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Copper, Uranium, Copper, Silver. 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
Base-Metal ProspectsSilver, Lead, CopperProspect
BluebirdCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, ZincOccurrenceVein
BluebirdCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Burrus MineSilver, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Franco-AmericanCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, ZincPast ProducerVein
Jones-Kincaid MineSilver, Arsenic, Copper, GoldPast ProducerVein
Mullen Pass AreaDiatomiteProspect
Owl LodeCopper, Silver, Zinc, Gold, LeadOccurrenceVein
Owl ProspectSilver, Copper, Zinc, LeadProspect
Section 21 ProspectsLead, Zinc, Iron, CopperProspect

Every working recorded in Washoe 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
Pyramid (historical)1.5 miles22
Sutcliffe6.9 miles23
Nixon12.7 miles22
Nashville13.1 miles24
Spanish Springs15.1 miles24
Olinghouse15.9 miles23
Pyramid16.5 miles18
Dodge19.5 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 846191. 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.