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Hazen, Nevada

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Fallon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89408. It lies near Little Butte. The Survey maps it on the Hazen quadrangle.

Hazen within Churchill County

On record in Hazen

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

7 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Hazen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 70 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1
Natural1

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
24 July 2005Smokingunder an acreCarson City District OfficeTRACYCLARK
2 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresCarson City District OfficeSCENIC
16 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresCarson City District OfficeHIGHLAND
4 June 1992Natural7.0 acresCarson City District OfficeFERNLEY 2
27 April 2020Debris and open burning34 acresChurchill County Fire Protection DistrictHART LANE
7 February 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresWinnemucca District OfficeHAZEN
1 October 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreCarson City District OfficePILE N. LYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Churchill County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Hazen: 4 producers, 4 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Diatomite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hazen Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hazen Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Swingle Bench PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Hazen PitDiatomitePast Producer
Section 17 MineDiatomiteProducer1980
Section 17 MineDiatomitePast Producer
Section 8 MineDiatomiteProducer
Unnamed Diatomite DepositDiatomiteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Churchill 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
Massie4.3 miles22
Northam (historical)5.2 miles22
Willowtown (historical)6.4 miles22
Leeteville (historical)7.1 miles22
Ragtown (historical)8.1 miles22
Leete (historical)12.1 miles21
Saint Clair Station (historical)12.2 miles23
Gregory (historical)13.7 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 840934. 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.