Ragtown, Nevada

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Fallon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89406. The Survey maps it on the Soda Lake West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Ragtown within Churchill County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 22 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.

1908 USGS Carson Sink quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1910 USGS Carson Sink quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1951 USGS Soda Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1957 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1959 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1979 USGS Carson Sink quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Soda Lake West quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

1 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Ragtown (historical) in 2015, burning under an acre in total. None 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/undetermined	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
5 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Carson City District Office	CARSON HIGHWAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Churchill County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Ragtown (historical): 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sodium, Tungsten, Gold, Barium-Barite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Fallon Plant Standard Slag Co.	Barium-Barite	Past Producer
John Young Mill	Tungsten	Past Producer	1976
Swingle Bench Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Wheeler Mill	Gold	Past Producer	1979
Big Soda Lake	Sodium	Past Producer	1875
Little Soda Lake	Sodium	Past Producer	1868

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Leeteville (historical)	1.0 miles	22
Willowtown (historical)	3.0 miles	22
Saint Clair Station (historical)	4.1 miles	23
Northam (historical)	5.0 miles	22
Massie	7.1 miles	22
Saint Clair	7.3 miles	23
Fallon	7.7 miles	23
Hazen	8.1 miles	21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 848624. 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.