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Yankee Blade, Nevada

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Austin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89310. It lies in Yankee Blade. The Survey maps it on the Yankee Blade quadrangle.

Yankee Blade within Lander County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 10 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

33 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Yankee Blade between 1993 and 2019, burning about 1,118 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 2 were 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
Natural20
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestAUSTIN
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeELKHORN
21 September 2000Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeAUSTIN
20 September 1999Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeRODEO
1 September 1997Natural8.0 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeCOTTONWOOD
1 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestBADE
4 August 1999Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeSUBSTATION
30 August 1998Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestROADSIDE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lander County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 187 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 187 workings within 5 miles of Yankee Blade: 160 past producers, 13 unknowns, 9 prospects, 3 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Silver, Gold, Gold, Copper, 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
Amador MineAntimony, Silver, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Arizona PropertyUraniumUnknown
Austin Custom MillAntimony, Gold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Belle Wilder InclineSilver, Copper, Gold, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Cambrian and New York MineSilver, Copper, Lead, GoldPast Producer1869
Castle Mountain MineLead, Manganese, Zinc, Silver, Gold, CopperUnknown
Eclipse MineSilver, Gold, CopperPast ProducerVein
Eclipse TunnelSilver, Copper, GoldUnknown
Frost ShaftSilver, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Green Tree MineGemstone, GoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Lander 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
Amador (historical)2.5 miles10
Clifton (historical)2.8 miles12
Austin2.8 miles12
Skookum (historical)6.6 miles9
Canon City6.6 miles12
Jacobsville (historical)7.2 miles9
Gweenah (historical)7.6 miles9
Clinton (historical)9.3 miles12

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 Q122560913The 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 862115. 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.