Placerites – Populated Place in Pershing, Nevada

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 850112

Location

State Nevada

County Pershing

Feature Class Populated Place

Coordinates

DMS

40°40'18"N 118°40'26"W

Decimal Degrees

40.6715693, -118.673771

Elevation

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USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Placerites

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Scossa

6.2 mi NE

Also Known As

Placeritas Placeritos

Hydrography

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Description

SE slope of the Kamma Mountains, 47 mi N of Lovelock.

History

Named for gold found there in 1850s.

Nearby Features

Cow Creek Stream · 1.8 mi WNW
Corral Spring Spring · 2.6 mi SSW
Cow Canyon Valley · 3.8 mi SW
Judges Springs Spring · 4.8 mi SW
Abel Camp Spring Spring · 4.9 mi E
South Abel Spring Spring · 5.1 mi E
Olson Meadow Spring Spring · 5.2 mi SW
Egbert Canyon Valley · 5.6 mi SSW
Outlaw Spring Spring · 5.9 mi NNW
Scossa Populated Place · 6.2 mi NE

Data Sources & Attribution

Feature data: U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation: USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS).
Topographic basemap: USGS National Map.
Quad map thumbnails: USGS US Topo.
Watershed boundaries: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
Protected areas: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) – Gap Analysis Project.
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