Washington, Nevada

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Gabbs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89310. The Survey maps it on the Brewer Canyon quadrangle.

Washington within Nye County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

1955 USGS Millett quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Millett Ranch quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1959 USGS Millett quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Smith Creek Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1988 USGS Brewer Canyon quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

6 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Washington between 1996 and 2008, burning about 3 acres in total. 6 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	6

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	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	DECKER
1 August 2000	Natural	2.0 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	CRANE
14 July 1996	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	WASHINGTON
22 June 2008	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	BOWMAN
22 June 2001	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	AKEN
22 June 2001	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	TAR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nye County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Washington: 9 occurrences, 8 past producers, 7 prospects, 3 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Lead, Silver, Lead. 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
Bi-Metallic Group	Silver, Zinc, Lead, Arsenic, Antimony, Copper, Bismuth, Cadmium, Gold, Molybdenum, REE, Manganese	Past Producer	Vein
Bi-Metallic Group	Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Bi-Metallic No. 3 Prospect	Lead, Silver, Gold	Occurrence	Vein
Grand View Group	Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Jim Dandy Prospect	Lead, Gold, Silver	Past Producer	1923
Leon Claim	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Antimony, Copper	Prospect
Old Dobby Claim No. 1	Copper, Antimony	Occurrence	Stibnite, Tetrahedrite
Rainbow's End #3 Claim	Fluorine-Fluorite	Occurrence	1977
Silver Fleece Claims	Silver, Antimony, Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc	Prospect
Sjc Claim	Arsenic	Occurrence

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
San Juan (historical)	3.4 miles	11
Junction (historical)	7.1 miles	11
Park Canyon (historical)	8.7 miles	11
Millett	10.1 miles	11
Pueblo (historical)	10.2 miles	11
Barrett (historical)	12.3 miles	12
Ophir (historical)	14.5 miles	14
Reese River	16.5 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 862171. 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.