Bruno City, Nevada

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Jarbidge census division. It lies near Fawn Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Coon Creek quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bruno City within Elko County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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.

1936 USGS Rowland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1936 USGS Rowland quadrangle1:48000
1940 USGS Rowland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1955 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Jarbidge Mts quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
1986 USGS Coon Creek quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

6 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Bruno City (historical) between 1994 and 2018, burning about 3,560 acres in total. 5 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	5
Recreation and ceremony	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
11 August 1994	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	not named
5 July 2004	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	MARTIN CREEK
28 July 1994	Natural	3,200 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	PRUNTY
2 July 2016	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	COPPER RIDGE
16 July 2018	Natural	359 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	TUCKER
16 July 2018	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	BALD KNOB

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Bruno City (historical): 15 past producers, 6 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc. 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
Batholith	Tungsten, Molybdenum	Past Producer	Contact Metasomatic
Carleton Tunnel	Copper	Past Producer	Vein
Clipper Alder	Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper, Iron	Past Producer	1909, 1912
Diamond Jim Mine	Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper	Unknown
Gold Centre	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper	Past Producer
Gold Standard #2	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Mc Kinson	Antimony, Lead	Occurrence
Oro Fino	Gold, Silver, Copper	Past Producer
Rosebud Lead-Zinc Prospect	Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Gold	Past Producer
St. Elmo Mine	Gold, Silver	Producer	1940, 1947

Every working recorded in Elko 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
Bayard (historical)	5.8 miles	17
Williams Cabin	6.6 miles	17
Charleston	7.5 miles	17
Island Mountain (historical)	8.7 miles	17
Pavlak (historical)	9.1 miles	16
Jarbidge	10.1 miles	16
Point of Rocks	12.1 miles	16
Bueasta (historical)	12.5 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 858379. 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.