BlockWellington Springs, Nevada
22 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 89447. The Survey maps it on the Wilson Canyon 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 Wilson Canyon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Wellington Springs between 2014 and 2018, 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Carson City District Office | WILSON CAMPFIRE |
| 24 August 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Carson City District Office | FISH |
| 23 August 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Carson City District Office | WILSON CANYON |
| 30 July 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Carson City District Office | WILSON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Wellington Springs: 7 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Arsenic. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Feather Group | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Jackpot Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Molybdenum | Past Producer | ||
| Jackrabbit Mine | Lead, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Pine Grove Hills | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Smith Valley Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Arsenic | Past Producer | ||
| Smith Valley Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Jackrabbit Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1949 | |
| Smith Valleu Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Lead | |
| Telluride Claims | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Vein |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tippecanoe (historical) | 5.8 miles | 22 | |
| Pine Grove | 6.3 miles | 21 | |
| Hudson (historical) | 7.4 miles | 23 | |
| Smith | 7.9 miles | 23 | |
| Nordyke | 9.5 miles | 22 | |
| Walker River (historical) | 9.7 miles | 23 | |
| Wellington | 9.7 miles | 23 | |
| Sulfur | 9.8 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 863969. 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.