Argo, Nevada

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.

• 1890 USGS Wadsworth quadrangle1:125000
• 1892 USGS Wadsworth quadrangle1:125000
• 1894 USGS Wadsworth quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
• 1957 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
• 1957 USGS Two Tips quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
• 1959 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000
• 1960 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1980 USGS Reno quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
• 1985 USGS Fernley East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Argo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 261 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Darwin
• Fernley

Every fire recorded in Lyon County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Argo: 5 producers, 4 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Diatomite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Lyon County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 855953. 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.