Viola, Nevada

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Caliente census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89008. The Survey maps it on the Leith quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Viola within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

1885 USGS Pioche quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1886 USGS Pioche quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Caliente quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1959 USGS Caliente quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1973 USGS Leith quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1978 USGS Clover Mts quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

19 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Viola (historical) between 1993 and 2013, burning about 239,820 acres in total. 16 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	16
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Debris and open burning	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
11 September 2004	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	BLUE NOSE
25 August 1997	Natural	5.0 acres	Ely District Office	CANYON
16 August 1996	Natural	6.0 acres	Ely District Office	CHEROKEE
16 August 1996	Natural	10 acres	Ely District Office	GARDEN#2
13 August 1998	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	BLUENOSECO
6 July 2006	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	BASEBALL FIELD
6 July 1998	Railroad operations and maintenance	64 acres	Ely District Office	COTTONWOOD
5 July 1998	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	COUGAR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Viola (historical): 10 occurrences, 9 prospects, 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Mercury, Lead, Silver. 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
Blue Nose Group	Mercury, Copper, Lead, Antimony, Silver, Barium-Barite	Occurrence	1944
Cherokee Mine	Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite	Past Producer	1885, 1951
Cherokee Mine	Silver, Gold, Copper	Past Producer
Crystal Mercury	Mercury, Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Crystal Prospect	Lead, Silver, Mercury, Copper, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite	Past Producer	1939
Crystal Prospect	Mercury, Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Culverwell Prospect	Manganese	Prospect
Florite Basin Prospect	Fluorine-Fluorite	Prospect
Fluorite Basin Group	Mercury, Fluorine-Fluorite	Occurrence	Cinnabar, Fluorite
Johnnie Mine	Gold, Mercury, Silver, Barium-Barite	Occurrence	1981

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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
Kiernan (historical)	4.6 miles	16
Kyle	6.5 miles	16
Elgin	9.9 miles	16
Carp	12.0 miles	16
Boyd	15.3 miles	16
Joseco	18.3 miles	14
Barclay	18.5 miles	14
Islen	18.5 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 851277. 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.