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Patrick, Nevada

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It lies in ZIP code area 89434. It lies near Old Lonesome. The Survey maps it on the Patrick quadrangle.

Patrick within Washoe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

67 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Patrick between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,219 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 3 were 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/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural10
Firearms and explosives use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined78 acresNevada Division of Forestry - Western RegionSHEEP
8 September 2018Debris and open burning14 acresCarson City District OfficeMUSTANG
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined435 acresCarson City District OfficeARC
6 September 2011Fireworks157 acresCarson City District OfficeHOMERUN
24 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCarson City District OfficeMUSTANG 3
2 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeINTERSTATE 80
14 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCarson City District OfficePATRICK
8 August 2001Natural1.0 acresCarson City District OfficeTRACY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washoe 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 Patrick: 10 past producers, 3 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, Mercury, Diatomite. 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
Revelation Grog PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
White Bird ProspectDiatomiteProspect
Taylor-Braach ProspectMercuryPast Producer1931
Taylor-Branch ProspectMercuryPast Producer1931, 1940
Pumice DepositPumiceOccurrence
Truckee Canyon DepositPumicePast Producer
Unnamed Pumic DepositPumiceOccurrence
Unnamed Pumicious RhyolitePumiceOccurrence
Hess Rock & Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hess/Mc Carran Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Mustang3.1 miles28
Hafed3.5 miles28
Clarks (historical)6.5 miles23
Vista6.6 miles28
Wedekind6.9 miles28
Hidden Valley8.3 miles32
Glendale8.7 miles28
Thisby8.8 miles23

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q7145994The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 848611. 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.