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Maestretti, Nevada

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Austin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89310. It lies near Dalton Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Basque Summit quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Maestretti within Lander County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 10 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

5 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Maestretti (historical) between 1994 and 2017, burning about 59 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
Debris and open burning2

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
10 August 1999Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeSMITH
29 July 2017Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeDALTON
15 July 2011Debris and open burning38 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeSMITH CREEK
15 July 2005Natural20 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeSMITHCREEK
14 April 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresCarson City District OfficeHIGGINS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lander 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
Carroll (historical)9.7 miles11
Lakeview (historical)10.8 miles12
Mount Airy15.6 miles9
Petersons Mill15.9 miles9
Burnt Cabin (historical)21.1 miles10
Pedro (historical)23.4 miles12
Lander City (historical)24.7 miles12
Jacobsville (historical)25.0 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 854832. 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.