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Roderick, Nevada

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Warm Springs-Truckee Canyon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89434. The Survey maps it on the Fernley West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Roderick within Washoe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

48 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Roderick (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 287 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined17
Debris and open burning9
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony3
Firearms and explosives use3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
30 September 1996Natural2.0 acresCarson City District OfficeTIGER
30 September 1993Smokingunder an acreCarson City District OfficeTMFD 3
16 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresCarson City District OfficeDERBY 2
16 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresCarson City District OfficeWNA 9
11 September 2018Smoking30 acresCarson City District OfficeDERBY DAM
8 August 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCarson City District OfficeWADSWORTH
3 August 2017Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficePAINTED ROCK
28 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreCarson City District OfficeMM 44

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 Roderick (historical): 5 occurrences, 4 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury. 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
Clark MineDiatomiteProducer1918
Derby Thungsten MineTungstenPast Producer1940
Mercury ProspectMercuryOccurrence
Mercury ProspectMercuryUnknown
Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Sundown ClaimUraniumOccurrence
Sundown ClaimUraniumProspect
Unnamed Deposit PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
WadsworthTungstenProducerScheelite
OlinghouseGold, SilverPlant1993

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
Thisby2.5 miles23
Clarks (historical)4.9 miles23
Wadsworth5.6 miles24
Olinghouse5.6 miles23
Dodge6.5 miles24
Patrick11.3 miles24
Mustang14.3 miles28
Hafed14.6 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 857554. 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.