Broadway, Nevada

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Baker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84034. The Survey maps it on the Ferber Peak SE quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Broadway within White Pine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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.

1955 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000
1982 USGS Ferber Peak SE quadrangle1:24000
1987 USGS Currie quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

9 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Broadway (historical) between 1993 and 2017, burning about 2,413 acres in total. 7 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
Natural	7
Debris and open burning	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
3 September 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands	HAYSTACK
29 August 2017	Natural	53 acres	Ely District Office	EIGHTMILE
28 August 2013	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	GEORGETTA
15 August 2000	Natural	under an acre	Elko District Office	TAILOR
4 July 1998	Natural	80 acres	Salt Lake Field Office	IBAPAH
27 July 2001	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	COTTONWOOD
26 July 2001	Natural	2,274 acres	Salt Lake Field Office	IBAPAH
10 July 2006	Natural	2.0 acres	Ely District Office	BAKER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in White Pine County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Broadway (historical): 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Udoh Pit No. 23158	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Utah Dept. of Highways Pit 23156	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Surface
Utah Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit 23157	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Dolomite, Limestone, Quartzite

Every working recorded in White Pine 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Regan (historical)	16.4 miles	11
Tippett	18.4 miles	11
Parker (historical)	20.7 miles	11
Pleasant Valley (historical)	21.9 miles	11
Uvada (historical)	22.8 miles	11
Tungstonia (historical)	24.5 miles	11
Glencoe (historical)	24.8 miles	11
Stonehouse	30.2 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 857679. 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.