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East Rochester, Nevada

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Lovelock census division. It lies near Sunflower Hill. The Survey maps it on the Rochester quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

East Rochester within Pershing 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

18 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of East Rochester (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 14,658 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 1 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
Natural10
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
16 September 1995Naturalunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeBINGO
12 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresWinnemucca District OfficeINDEPENDENCE
1 September 1999Power generation/transmission/distribution41 acresWinnemucca District OfficeLIMERICK
7 August 1997Power generation/transmission/distribution35 acresWinnemucca District OfficeSACRAMENTO
5 August 1999Natural13,325 acresWinnemucca District OfficeROCHESTER
22 August 2010Natural3.9 acresWinnemucca District OfficeROCHESTER
18 August 2020Naturalunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeLIMERICK
10 August 1993Naturalunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeLIMERICK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pershing County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 130 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 130 workings within 5 miles of East Rochester (historical): 66 past producers, 28 unknowns, 22 occurrences, 6 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Mercury, Tungsten. 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
Allied Tungsten ProspectSilver, Tungsten, LeadPast ProducerVein
Buck and Charley MineSilver, Lead, Zinc, GoldPast Producer1912
Champion Dumortierite MineKyanite, AluminumPast Producer1924, 1925, 1949
Cinnabar City Mercury MineMercury, Antimony, TungstenPast Producer
Dumortierite OccurrenceBoron-Borates, AluminumOccurrence
Enterprise MineGold, CopperPast ProducerGold
HaganGold, Arsenic, CopperPast Producer
Hamilton BerylBeryllium, FeldsparProspect
Hamilton Beryl MineBeryllium, Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Tin, ZincOccurrenceBeryl, Malachite, Tetrahedrite
Humboldt QueenSilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Antimony, ZincPast Producer1883, 1919

Every working recorded in Pershing 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
Rochester Heights (historical)0.3 miles16
Rochester0.4 miles16
Central Rochester (historical)1.0 miles16
Panama1.6 miles16
Lower Rochester2.2 miles16
Foltz (historical)3.0 miles16
Vanderwater (historical)4.3 miles16
Fitting4.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856573. 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.