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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1909 USGS Hawthorne quadrangle1:250000
- 1911 USGS Hawthorne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1915 USGS Hawthorne quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Mt. Grant quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Mitchell Spring quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 1997Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | ROUND FIRE |
| 3 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | ROUGH |
| 2 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | COTTONWOOD |
| 5 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | WICH |
| 2 July 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | DRY |
| 2 July 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | COTTONWOOD |
| 29 June 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | CALIFORNIA 1 |
| 24 June 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | WOVOKA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Section 31 Prospect | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Lucky 9 Uranium Claims | Uranium, Zirconium, Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | 1958 | |
| Lucky 9 Uranium Claims | Uranium, Titanium, Zirconium | Prospect | ||
| Morgan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Northwest Willys Group | Uranium, Copper, Lead | Occurrence | 1950 | |
| Silver King Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Antimony | Past Producer | 1867 | |
| Silver Pick | Gold, Silver, Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| West Willys | Uranium, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Argentite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Pitchblende, Torbernite | |
| Quartz Mine | Uranium, Copper | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge (historical) | 8.8 miles | 21 | |
| Elbow Stage Station (historical) | 9.8 miles | 24 | |
| Pine Grove | 11.0 miles | 21 | |
| Sweetwater (historical) | 12.5 miles | 25 | |
| Sulfur | 15.1 miles | 22 | |
| Wellington Springs | 17.3 miles | 22 | |
| Tippecanoe (historical) | 21.9 miles | 22 | |
| Smith | 24.6 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.
| Wikidata item Q122542887 | 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 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.









