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Williams Cabin, Nevada

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Jarbidge census division. It stands on Williams Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cornwall Mountain quadrangle.

Williams Cabin within Elko County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

6 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Williams Cabin between 1999 and 2015, burning about 1,429 acres in total. 2 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 ceremony3
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
29 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use75 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestWATERLOG
5 July 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestLOST GULCH
5 July 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestMARTIN CREEK
18 July 1999Natural100 acresElko District OfficeBLACK MT
17 July 2007Natural1,253 acresElko District OfficeMENDIVE
16 July 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestBIG BEND 14

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Williams Cabin: 22 past producers, 6 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Lead. 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
ColemanSilver, Gold, Copper, StonePast Producer1978
DavenportLead, Silver, GoldUnknown
Diamond Jim MineGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, CopperUnknown
FossAntimony, Silver, GoldOccurrenceStibnite
Gold CentreGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Gold OreGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Gold Standard #2Gold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Gribble AntimonyTungsten, Copper, MolybdenumPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Scheelite
Rosebud Lead-Zinc ProspectLead, Copper, Silver, Zinc, GoldPast Producer
St. Elmo MineGold, SilverProducer1940, 1947

Every working recorded in Elko 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
Island Mountain (historical)3.0 miles17
Bruno City (historical)6.6 miles16
Point of Rocks7.8 miles16
Bayard (historical)8.6 miles17
Charleston9.1 miles17
Bueasta (historical)14.8 miles16
Rowland15.1 miles16
Pavlak (historical)15.7 miles16

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 Q122540297The 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 862020. 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.