BlockWeed Heights, Nevada
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Yerington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89447. It lies near The Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Yerington quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 22 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1891 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1948 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Yerington quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Smith Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Yerington quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Weed Heights in 2006, burning under an acre in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2006 | Other causes | under an acre | Carson City District Office | BLUESTONE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 73 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 73 workings within 5 miles of Weed Heights: 40 past producers, 15 occurrences, 14 prospects, 3 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann Mason Copper Deposit | Copper, Molybdenum, Silver, Gold | Prospect | 1960 | |
| Ann Mason Deposit | Copper, Molybdenum | Prospect | Underground | |
| Bluestone Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | 1885 | |
| G.B. Martin Claims | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Lago Deposit | Copper, Molybdenum, Silver, Gold | Prospect | 1961 | |
| Ludwig Mine | Copper, Silver, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Gold, Nickel | Past Producer | 1865 | |
| Malachite Mine | Copper, Silver, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Gold | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Mason Valley Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Iron | Past Producer | 1865, 1870 | |
| Montana - Yerington Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Iron | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Singatse Range Wollastonite Deposit | Wollastonite | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yerington | 2.4 miles | 22 | |
| Mason | 2.8 miles | 22 | |
| Greenville | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Ludwig (historical) | 4.3 miles | 23 | |
| Nordyke | 6.7 miles | 22 | |
| Artesia (historical) | 9.1 miles | 23 | |
| Tippecanoe (historical) | 10.4 miles | 22 | |
| Hudson (historical) | 10.6 miles | 23 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Weed Heights | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7979333 | The 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 845727. 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.