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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 23 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1890 USGS Wadsworth quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Wadsworth quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Wadsworth quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Wadsworth quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Reno quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Fernley West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
48 since 1993Regional 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/undetermined | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1996 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Carson City District Office | TIGER |
| 30 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Carson City District Office | TMFD 3 |
| 16 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Carson City District Office | DERBY 2 |
| 16 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Carson City District Office | WNA 9 |
| 11 September 2018 | Smoking | 30 acres | Carson City District Office | DERBY DAM |
| 8 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Carson City District Office | WADSWORTH |
| 3 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Carson City District Office | PAINTED ROCK |
| 28 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Carson City District Office | MM 44 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Mine | Diatomite | Producer | 1918 | |
| Derby Thungsten Mine | Tungsten | Past Producer | 1940 | |
| Mercury Prospect | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Mercury Prospect | Mercury | Unknown | ||
| Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Sundown Claim | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Sundown Claim | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Deposit Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Wadsworth | Tungsten | Producer | Scheelite | |
| Olinghouse | Gold, Silver | Plant | 1993 |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thisby | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| Clarks (historical) | 4.9 miles | 23 | |
| Wadsworth | 5.6 miles | 24 | |
| Olinghouse | 5.6 miles | 23 | |
| Dodge | 6.5 miles | 24 | |
| Patrick | 11.3 miles | 24 | |
| Mustang | 14.3 miles | 28 | |
| Hafed | 14.6 miles | 28 |
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.








