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Warm Springs, Nevada

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Ralston Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89049. The Survey maps it on the Warm Springs quadrangle.

Warm Springs within Nye County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

4 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Warm Springs between 2002 and 2020, burning about 1 acre in total. 2 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
Natural2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeSUMMIT
2 August 2002Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestCOPENHAGEN 3
5 November 2020Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeTEASPOON
22 October 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeMM 55

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nye County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Warm Springs: 4 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Gemstone, Stone, Dimension, Geothermal. 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
Bas ClaimsBarium-Barite, Stone, DimensionPast ProducerBarite
Warm SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Warm Springs #3GemstoneProducerTurquoise
Warm Springs TurquoiseGemstonePast Producer
Bas and Valley View MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Warm Springs MineBarium-BaritePast 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Helena (historical)6.8 miles10
Bellehelen (historical)9.8 miles11
Tybo12.5 miles11
Old Reveille (historical)14.6 miles12
Reveille (historical)15.3 miles12
New Reveille (historical)16.0 miles12
Eden (historical)17.5 miles16
Keystone (historical)17.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856168. 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.