Varyville, Nevada

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Summit Lake census division. It lies near Pearl Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Battle Creek Ranch quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Varyville within Humboldt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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.

1886 USGS Disaster quadrangle1:250000
1893 USGS Disaster quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1954 USGS Vya quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Vya quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Vya quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Battle Creek Ranch quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Jackson Mts quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

4 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Varyville (historical) between 1993 and 2017, burning about 3,560 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None 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
Natural	3
Equipment and vehicle use	1

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

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
31 July 2009	Natural	1.2 acres	Winnemucca District Office	LEONARD
23 July 2017	Natural	3,549 acres	Winnemucca District Office	LEONARD CREEK
11 July 2001	Natural	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	LEONARD
30 June 1993	Equipment and vehicle use	10 acres	Winnemucca District Office	FRENCHY

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Varyville (historical): 12 past producers, 7 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Copper, Antimony. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Argo Group	Tungsten, Gold	Occurrence	1940
Bartlett Mine	Gold, Silver, Copper	Occurrence	Vein
Black Rock Mine	Antimony, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Blue Jack Property	Copper, Uranium, Iron	Past Producer	1954
Columbia Mine	Gold, Silver, Arsenic, Copper, Antimony	Past Producer	1875
Cove Meadow Copper Deposit	Copper, Silver, Gold	Past Producer
Golden Scheelite Prospect	Tungsten, Molybdenum	Past Producer	Powellite, Scheelite
Juanita Group	Arsenic, Antimony, Silver	Past Producer	Vein
Juanita Mine	Gold, Antimony, Silver	Past Producer
NBMG Sample Site 2960	Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Antimony, Arsenic, Tungsten	Occurrence	Vein

Every working recorded in Humboldt 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Dyke	13.7 miles	19
Quinn River Crossing	20.6 miles	19
Happy Creek Station	24.2 miles	17
Red Butte (historical)	29.1 miles	16
Overton (historical)	32.4 miles	19
Denio Junction	33.1 miles	19
Denio	35.5 miles	19
Raiser City (historical)	36.0 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 854662. 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.