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Vanderbilt, Nevada

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Eureka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89316. It lies near Hoosac Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Pinto Summit quadrangle. It stands 7,370 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Vanderbilt within Eureka County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

15 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Vanderbilt (historical) between 1996 and 2020, burning about 10 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 1 was 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
Natural11
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 1997Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficePINTO
30 September 2008Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeGREY
25 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeWINDFALL
4 August 2000Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeDUR
29 August 2001Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeCHRISTOPHR
28 August 2007Natural1.0 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeWINDFALL
15 August 1996Natural1.0 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeHOOSAC
1 August 2007Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficePINTO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eureka County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 112 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 112 workings within 5 miles of Vanderbilt (historical): 78 past producers, 16 unknowns, 8 occurrences, 5 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Gold, Lead, Silver, Gold, Lead. 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
Burning Moscow MineSilver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Connelly MineGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Diamond MineSilver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Bismuth, ArsenicPast Producer1874
Diamond MineLead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Distinction TunnelSilver, Gold, Copper, LeadPast Producer1913
Dugout TunnelSilver, Lead, Gold, Antimony, CopperPast Producer1874
Dugout TunnelGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Dunderberg MineSilver, Zinc, Lead, GoldPast Producer
Eureka Croseus MineSilver, Lead, Copper, GoldPast Producer
Eureka District-NevadaGold, Silver, Iron, Molybdenum, CopperProducer1864, 1869

Every working recorded in Eureka 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
Prospect (historical)2.9 miles16
Pinto (historical)3.1 miles15
Ruby Hill5.5 miles13
Eureka6.1 miles13
Eunice Place10.4 miles13
Diamond City (historical)22.5 miles13
Birch (historical)34.8 miles13
Romano (historical)35.7 miles19

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.

Wikipedia article on Vanderbilt (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q13583124The 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 858367. 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.