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Rennox, Nevada

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Battle Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89820. The Survey maps it on the Battle Mountain quadrangle.

Rennox within Lander County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

19 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Rennox between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,154 acres in total. 5 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
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1
Firearms and explosives use1

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
2 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined34 acresElko District OfficeSHOSHONE
7 August 2019Natural3.8 acresElko District OfficeMESA
4 August 2005Power generation/transmission/distribution22 acresElko District OfficeTAYLOR
23 August 1999Natural34 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeCYANIDE
19 August 2018Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeRODEO
4 July 2006Natural3.0 acresElko District OfficeSHEEP CREEK
30 July 2004Smokingunder an acreElko District OfficeBLOSSOM RD
30 June 2000Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeCHEMICAL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lander County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Rennox: 11 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Silver, Lead, Gold. 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
Mountain ViewGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
SnowstormSilver, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer1906, 1928
Silver OccurrenceSilverUnknown
Snowstorm MineSilverUnknown
Unnamed SilverSilverOccurrence
Fisk BrosSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerPlacer
Fisk Bros.Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
North Battle Mountain PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerPlacer
North Battle Mountain PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
North Battle Mountain PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working 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
Jenkins1.5 miles11
North Battle Mountain1.5 miles12
Battle Mountain4.8 miles12
Rosny6.3 miles11
Piute6.5 miles24
Argenta9.4 miles10
Kampos9.5 miles10
Copper Basin11.0 miles24

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 Q122566878The 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 856116. 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.