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Walker River, Nevada

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Smith Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89430. The Survey maps it on the Smith quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Walker River within Lyon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

22 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Walker River (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,410 acres in total. 10 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
Natural10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Firearms and explosives use1
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
30 September 2011Natural1,113 acresCarson City District OfficeBURBANK
23 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management Unitnot named
8 August 1995Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresCarson City District OfficeCOLONY RD
30 August 2005Fireworksunder an acreCarson City District OfficePIT
27 August 2007Natural22 acresCarson City District OfficeJACKWRIGHT
19 August 2003Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestHILL
11 August 2014Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeLITTLE BURBANK
9 July 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeCAMPFIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lyon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Walker River (historical): 7 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Perlite. 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
Taylor Hill MineGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Yankee Girl ClaimsCopperPast ProducerVein
Hoye CanyonPerliteOccurrence
Mountain View GroupUraniumOccurrence
Mountain View GroupUraniumProspect
Victory ClaimsPerliteOccurrence
County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Walker River Precast PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wellington PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mountain Gold ClaimsGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Lyon 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
Smith2.2 miles23
Hoye (historical)2.5 miles23
Wellington2.6 miles23
Simpson5.5 miles23
Hudson (historical)6.0 miles23
Wellington Springs9.7 miles22
Tippecanoe (historical)9.8 miles22
Artesia (historical)11.0 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 847981. 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.