White River, Nevada

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Duckwater census division. The Survey maps it on the Hardy Springs quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

White River within Nye County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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.

1956 USGS Lund quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1960 USGS Lund quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS Moorman Spring NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Duckwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

20 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of White River (historical) between 1996 and 2020, burning about 2,074 acres in total. 14 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	14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Smoking	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
28 August 2011	Natural	1.0 acres	Ely District Office	HARDY
23 August 2006	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	SEGAN
20 August 2018	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	SHINGLE
20 August 2012	Natural	2.0 acres	Ely District Office	NINE MILE
17 August 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Ely District Office	MM35
31 July 2000	Natural	1.5 acres	Ely District Office	NINEMILE
28 July 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Ely District Office	EMIGRANT
26 July 1998	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	COUNTYLINE

Every fire recorded in Nye County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of White River (historical): 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Emigrant Springs	Geothermal	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
Sunnyside	14.2 miles	6
Hot Creek	17.6 miles	5
Gold Point (historical)	20.6 miles	10
Currant	24.0 miles	7
Allred (historical)	26.8 miles	8
Grant City (historical)	29.2 miles	6
Troy (historical)	34.1 miles	6
Crows Nest	37.8 miles	6

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 863125. 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.