Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
“The Golconda School, located at Morrison and Fourth Sts. in Golconda, Nevada, is a historic building built in 1888.”
Wikipedia article Golconda School, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 13 National Register listings published here for Humboldt County · listed in 1991 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Golconda School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,710 acres in total. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | EDEN VLY |
| 3 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | TOBIN |
| 25 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | 198 |
| 21 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | Winnemucca District Office | STANFORD ST |
| 11 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | 5TH STREET |
| 7 August 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | HUMCOASST2 |
| 30 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Winnemucca District Office | GOLCONDA |
| 28 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | MM 194 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Golconda School: 11 past producers, 7 unknowns, 6 occurrences, 3 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Gold, Manganese, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Br Claims | Copper, Silver, Lead | Occurrence | Chrysocolla | |
| Golconda Hot Spring, Harris Property | Uranium, Thorium | Occurrence | Hot Spring | |
| Golconda Hot Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Golconda Mine | Manganese, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1890 | |
| Golconda Tungten | Fluorine-Fluorite, Tungsten, Manganese, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Horton Mine | Barium-Barite, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| July 4 Claim | Copper, Iron, Silver, Manganese | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Kramer Hill Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1907, 1908 | |
| Kramer Hill Mine | Gold, Silver, Mercury, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic, Antimony | Plant | 1907, 1990 | |
| NBMG Sample Site 491 | Barium-Barite, Copper, Antimony, Manganese | Occurrence | Barite, Malachite |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Golconda, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 2003 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Golconda | $1,000 | Humboldt County Sheriff reported water and debris over route 789. Damages are estimated. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Golconda | $100 | Minor hail damage with leaves and small branches down. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Golconda | - | Station (GCRNV), 5.1 miles E Golconda, Elevation 5164 feet. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Golconda | - | Station (GCSNV), 5.1 miles ESE Golconda, 5164 feet. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Golconda | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Golconda | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 91001651 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Humboldt County | All 13 listed properties in this county. |
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