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Wedekind, Nevada

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Warm Springs-Truckee Canyon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89436. It lies near Spanish Springs Valley. The Survey maps it on the Vista quadrangle.

Wedekind within Washoe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 28 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

103 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Wedekind between 1992 and 2020, burning about 67,141 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 8 were 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism8
Firearms and explosives use7
Debris and open burning6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Fireworks5
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresCarson City District OfficeRIO ALAYNE
6 September 2011Fireworks157 acresCarson City District OfficeHOMERUN
3 September 1997Natural379 acresCarson City District OfficeMUSTANG 2
27 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.2 acresCarson City District OfficeMARTINI
27 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeMIDDLE FORK
26 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresCarson City District OfficePARK
24 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCarson City District OfficeMUSTANG 3
23 September 2018Misuse of fire by a minor2.6 acresCarson City District OfficeROCKY RIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washoe 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 Wedekind: 8 past producers, 5 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Silver, Gold. 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
(Facility) United States Platinum RefineryREE, Uranium, Silver, Platinum, GoldPlant
Arkell MineSilver, Gold, Antimony, Lead, ZincPast ProducerAnglesite, Argentite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Desert King MineGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, AntimonyPast ProducerAnglesite, Argentite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Revelation Grog PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Truckee Canyon DepositPerliteOccurrence
Unnamed DepositGraniteOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Unnamed Pumicious RhyolitePumiceOccurrence
Wedekind MineGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, AntimonyPast ProducerAnglesite, Argentite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Wedekind MineSilver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washoe 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
Vista2.7 miles28
Sparks3.2 miles29
Glendale3.6 miles28
Sun Valley4.3 miles29
North Valley4.8 miles29
Hidden Valley5.1 miles32
Mustang5.1 miles28
Hafed5.3 miles28

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122564120The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 846285. 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.