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Nashville, Nevada

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the North Valleys census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89508. It lies near Freds Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Bedell Flat quadrangle.

Nashville within Washoe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 24 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

71 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Nashville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,737 acres in total. 50 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
Natural50
Firearms and explosives use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes1
Debris and open burning1
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2012Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeTOWER
7 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeLOWER MOONROCKS
30 September 2011Natural6.0 acresCarson City District OfficeRUBY HILL
28 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeRUBY HILLS
24 September 1997Other causesunder an acreCarson City District OfficeBIRD
2 September 2006Firearms and explosives use334 acresCarson City District OfficeAUGUST
1 September 1997Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeLEMMON
1 September 1997Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeMINERAL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washoe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Nashville: 10 occurrences, 6 prospects, 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Titanium, Metal, Gold, Molybdenum. 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
Hildy Titanium LodeTitaniumProspect
Jack Pot ProspectTungstenPast ProducerUnknown
Tri Metals Copper ProspectCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, ZincProspect
Hill-Johnson ProspectMolybdenumOccurrenceIlsemannite
Hill-Johnson ProspectMolybdenumOccurrence
Comstock EurekaGold, CopperOccurrencePyrite
Comstock Eureka ProspectGoldProspect
Conway-NashCopper, GoldPast Producer
Freds Mountain ProspectsCopper, GoldProspect
Miller ProspectTitanium, MetalOccurrenceRutile

Every working recorded in Washoe 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
Reno-Stead9.4 miles28
Lemmon Valley10.6 miles28
Cold Springs10.8 miles28
Border Town11.6 miles28
Spanish Springs11.6 miles24
Golden Valley12.0 miles29
Pyramid (historical)12.4 miles22
Heinz (historical)12.4 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 863870. 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.