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Border Town, Nevada

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the North Valleys census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89508. The Survey maps it on the Reno NW quadrangle.

Border Town within Washoe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 28 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

121 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Border Town between 1992 and 2020, burning about 23,673 acres in total. 67 started naturally. 3 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
Natural67
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Equipment and vehicle use9
Firearms and explosives use5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning3
Smoking1

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
6 September 2017Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeHEINZ
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTruckee Meadows Fire Protection DistrictBRIAR
30 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCarson City District OfficeWHITE LAKE
30 September 2000Firearms and explosives use282 acresCarson City District OfficeCLDSPRNGS2
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined94 acresCarson City District OfficeCOLD SPRINGS VIEW
25 September 1994Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestUSFS 097
24 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestEAST
24 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestCOLD SPRINGS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washoe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Border Town: 9 past producers, 5 prospects, 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Silver, Gold, Copper, Silver, Gold. 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
Aero GroupUraniumOccurrence
Birch Copper ProspectCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, ZincProspect
Bordertown Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Red Metals MineGold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerBornite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite
AntelopeCopper, Silver, GoldPast ProducerVein
Antelope MineCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Redelius ClaimsCopper, Gold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Redelius ClaimsCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Unnamed MineGold, CopperPast ProducerVein
Unnamed ProspectGold, CopperPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Washoe 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
Cold Springs0.8 miles28
Heinz (historical)1.0 miles28
Copperfield3.9 miles28
Reno-Stead6.2 miles28
Martin8.0 miles29
Lemmon Valley8.3 miles28
Black Springs8.5 miles29
Grand View Terrace8.5 miles29

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 Q122561237The 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 858975. 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.