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Delano, Nevada

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Montello census division. It lies near Mine Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Dry Canyon quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Delano within Elko County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

21 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Delano (historical) between 1992 and 2017, burning about 52,216 acres in total. 21 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
Natural21

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
5 September 1993Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeBALD MTN
13 September 1994Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeSIGNBOARD
7 August 1999Natural1,600 acresElko District OfficeDRY CANYON
5 August 2009Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeDEVIL CREEK
5 August 2009Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeROCK 2
5 August 2009Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeROCK
4 August 2001Natural15 acresElko District OfficeRK SPR CRK
30 August 1998Natural1,675 acresElko District OfficeDGULCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Delano (historical): 17 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Silver. 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
ArgyleLead, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Blue BellLead, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Bonnie RayLead, Zinc, SilverPast Producer
Cleveland MineLead, Silver, Zinc, Antimony, Gold, Copper, TinPast Producer1908
Cleveland MineLead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, GoldPast Producer
ComebackGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Cranky HankLead, Copper, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Delano MineLead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, SilverPast Producer1872, 1875
Delano-Cleveland MinesSilver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1872, 1960
Gold Note ClaimLead, Silver, Gold, Copper, ZincPast Producer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
San Jacinto25.5 miles10
Tecoma26.1 miles10
Contact26.3 miles11
Delaplain27.2 miles10
Riverside Park (historical)28.1 miles10
Montello28.4 miles9
Riverside (historical)28.7 miles9
Shores29.2 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 854719. 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.