Volcano, Nevada

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Ralston Valley census division. The Survey maps it on the McKinney Tanks quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Volcano within Nye County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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.

1956 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Mc Kinney Tanks quadrangle1:24000
1987 USGS Warm Springs quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

1 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Volcano (historical) in 2000, burning under an acre in total. 1 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	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
3 August 2000	Natural	under an acre	Battle Mountain District Office	HANNAPAH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nye County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Volcano (historical): 10 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Hannapah Mine	Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper	Past Producer
Painted Chief Claim	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Richardson Mine	Silver, Gold, Antimony	Past Producer	1907
Richardson Mine	Silver, Antimony, Gold	Past Producer
Rifle Claims	Copper, Gemstone, Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Vein
Salisbury Wash Ilemenite Claim	Titanium, Iron	Occurrence
Silver Glance Mining Co.	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Zorro Group	Silver, Gold	Occurrence	Surface/Underground
Ellendale Mine	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Vein
Old Bannock Mine	Gold, Silver	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Nye 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
Hannapah (historical)	0.7 miles	9
Ellendale (historical)	8.2 miles	9
Maggie Blues (historical)	12.4 miles	15
Tonogold (historical)	16.3 miles	15
Valley View	17.1 miles	18
Tonopah	17.4 miles	18
Frazier Wells (historical)	17.6 miles	15
Golden Arrow	18.1 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 848250. 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.