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Cordero, Nevada

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1882 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the McDermitt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89421. The Survey maps it on the Cordero Mine quadrangle.

Cordero within Humboldt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

Fires near this place

12 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Cordero between 1995 and 2014, burning about 37,261 acres in total. 3 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
Natural3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1
Other causes1

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
4 September 1995Other causesunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeBIA 12
19 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWinnemucca District OfficeHAYSTACK
10 August 2012Natural36,847 acresWinnemucca District OfficeLONG CANYON
10 August 2012Natural3.9 acresWinnemucca District OfficeWASHBURN CREEK
3 July 1999Power generation/transmission/distribution341 acresWinnemucca District OfficeWASHBURN
28 July 1997Natural1.5 acresWinnemucca District OfficeUC DINKY
9 June 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeRADER
22 June 1997Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresWinnemucca District OfficeANDERSON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Cordero: 4 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lithium. 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
McDermitt MineMercury, LithiumPast Producer1941, 1975, 1992
Mcdermitt State Pit Hu271Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Nevada State Highway Dept. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnnamedUraniumOccurrence
Unnamed Uranium ProspectUraniumOccurrence
Unnamed Uranium ProspectUraniumProspect
Corderito MineMercuryProducerCinnabar
Corderito MineMercuryUnknown
Cordero MineMercuryPast Producer1924, 1935
Josepha Lenway ProspectMercuryOccurrence1937

Every working recorded in Humboldt 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
McDermitt7.7 miles17
Cañon Creek Station (historical)11.8 miles17
National (historical)13.5 miles17
Platora17.6 miles16
Rebel Creek (historical)21.5 miles16
Orovada23.8 miles16
Spring City (historical)29.5 miles14
Gouge Eye29.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 847619. 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.