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Wichman, Nevada

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Yerington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89447. The Survey maps it on the Mitchell Spring quadrangle.

Wichman within Lyon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

11 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Wichman between 1997 and 2020, burning about 351 acres in total. 9 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
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestROUND FIRE
3 August 1997Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestROUGH
2 August 1997Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestCOTTONWOOD
5 July 2006Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestWICH
2 July 2009Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestDRY
2 July 2009Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestCOTTONWOOD
29 June 2008Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestCALIFORNIA 1
24 June 2020Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestWOVOKA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lyon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Wichman: 8 prospects, 8 occurrences, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Uranium, Copper, 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
Central Section 31 ProspectCopper, GoldOccurrence
Lucky 9 Uranium ClaimsUranium, Zirconium, Titanium, MetalOccurrence1958
Lucky 9 Uranium ClaimsUranium, Titanium, ZirconiumProspect
Morgan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Northwest Willys GroupUranium, Copper, LeadOccurrence1950
Silver King MineSilver, Gold, Copper, Lead, AntimonyPast Producer1867
Silver PickGold, Silver, UraniumOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectGold, SilverProspect
West WillysUranium, Silver, CopperOccurrenceArgentite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Pitchblende, Torbernite
Quartz MineUranium, CopperOccurrence

Every working recorded in Lyon 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
Cambridge (historical)8.8 miles21
Elbow Stage Station (historical)9.8 miles24
Pine Grove11.0 miles21
Sweetwater (historical)12.5 miles25
Sulfur15.1 miles22
Wellington Springs17.3 miles22
Tippecanoe (historical)21.9 miles22
Smith24.6 miles23

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 Q122542887The 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 848130. 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.