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Raglan, Nevada

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Winnemucca census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89445. The Survey maps it on the Rose Creek quadrangle.

Raglan within Humboldt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 20 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

49 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Raglan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19,732 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 5 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
Natural13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Debris and open burning1

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
5 September 2019Natural181 acresWinnemucca District OfficeTENMILE
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined17 acresWinnemucca District OfficeCOSGRAVE
26 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresWinnemucca District OfficeDEAD COW
24 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeROSECREEK
23 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficePANSY
23 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeMUSTARD
23 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeLITTLE T
23 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined612 acresWinnemucca District OfficeROSE CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt 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 Raglan: 6 occurrences, 5 past producers, 4 prospects, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Manganese, Antimony. 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
Humboldt RiverClayUnknown
Ten Mile MineGold, SilverOccurrenceGold
Unnamed Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Golden Amethyst MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Silver OccurrenceSilver, GoldProspect
Antimony OccurrenceAntimonyUnknown
Rose Creek SpringTungsten, ManganeseOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectAntimonyProspect
Victory Lode ProspectManganese, TungstenPast Producer
Victory ProspectManganese, TungstenOccurrence1939

Every working recorded in Humboldt 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
Rose Creek4.2 miles20
Pronto5.0 miles14
Laurel (historical)9.1 miles14
Barrett Springs (historical)9.5 miles14
Winnemucca13.2 miles22
Venado (historical)15.0 miles14
Weso16.4 miles16
Tule18.7 miles16

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 Q122555889The 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 856112. 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.