Woolsey, Nevada

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Lovelock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89419. The Survey maps it on the Oreana quadrangle.

Woolsey within Pershing County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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.

1931 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000
1935 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1955 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1956 USGS Oreana quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1959 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1984 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:100000
1987 USGS Oreana quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

15 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Woolsey between 1999 and 2020, burning about 34 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Natural	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
8 August 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	1.2 acres	Winnemucca District Office	MM 116
27 August 2011	Natural	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	LIMERICK
17 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	MM 119
12 August 2001	Natural	5.0 acres	Winnemucca District Office	OREANA
2 July 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	MM 112B
6 June 2014	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	MM 112
26 June 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	ORENA EXIT
2 June 2012	Railroad operations and maintenance	2.4 acres	Winnemucca District Office	MM 117

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pershing County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 47 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 47 workings within 5 miles of Woolsey: 20 past producers, 13 unknowns, 5 occurrences, 5 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Silver, Gold, Antimony. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Adriene Mine	Antimony, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Colado Diatomite/Perlite Plant	Diatomite, Perlite	Producer	1979
Limestone Occurrence	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Occurrence
Mineral Materials Well	Geothermal	Unknown
Oreana Mill	Tungsten	Past Producer
Rosal Mine	Antimony, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold	Past Producer
South Pacific Railroad Property	Antimony, Lead	Unknown
Tuff Deposit	Stone	Unknown
Willard Gold Mine	Gold, Silver, Copper, Antimony, Iron, Manganese	Past Producer	1980, 1990, 1997
Willard Group North	Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead	Past Producer	1915

Every working recorded in Pershing 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
Sanborn (historical)	1.1 miles	16
Oreana (historical)	2.1 miles	16
Colado	2.9 miles	16
Loring (historical)	3.6 miles	16
Oreana	4.3 miles	16
Kodak	4.7 miles	16
Torreytown (historical)	5.7 miles	16
Arabia	5.9 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 845047. 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.