Bronco, Nevada

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Reno Southwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89511. The Survey maps it on the Mount Rose NW quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bronco within Washoe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 29 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.

1891 USGS Carson quadrangle1:125000
1893 USGS Carson quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
1893 USGS Carson City quadrangle1:125000
1950 USGS Mt. Rose quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1952 USGS Mt. Rose quadrangle1:62500
1957 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1959 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1968 USGS Mt. Rose NW quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1979 USGS Carson City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

125 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Bronco (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,726 acres in total. 62 started naturally. 5 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
Natural	62
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	23
Recreation and ceremony	15
Equipment and vehicle use	12
Arson/incendiarism	5
Debris and open burning	3
Smoking	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
9 September 2003	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	CALIFORNIA
8 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	QUARRY
7 September 1993	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	not named
4 September 1998	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	NORTH
4 September 1998	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	ROSE
3 September 1998	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	BRONCO
3 September 1998	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	ACID
3 September 1998	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	TWENTY FOUR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washoe County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Bronco (historical): 3 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Uranium, Pumice. 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
Volcanic Cinder Deposit	Pumice	Occurrence
Truckee Canyon Group	Uranium	Occurrence
Truckee Canyon Group	Uranium	Occurrence
Unnamed	Gold	Past Producer	Underground
Unnamed Location	Gold	Unknown

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Marmol (historical)	5.3 miles	29
Fleish	5.8 miles	29
Verdi	8.3 miles	29
Mogul	8.5 miles	29
Mayberrys (historical)	8.6 miles	29
Lawton	8.7 miles	29
Crystal Peak (historical)	8.8 miles	29
Sundown Town	9.0 miles	31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 848232. 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.