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Romano, Nevada

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Eureka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89316. The Survey maps it on the Bailey Pass quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Romano within Eureka County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

7 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Romano (historical) between 1995 and 2017, burning about 98 acres in total. 6 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
Natural6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
3 July 2001Natural2.0 acresBattle Mountain District OfficePINE VALLY
18 July 1995Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeRABBIT
17 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined95 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeSADLER
20 June 2002Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeSULPHUR
10 June 2013Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeSULPHUR 2
10 June 2013Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeSULPHUR 1
24 May 2003Natural1.0 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeFIRST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eureka County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Romano (historical): 5 unknowns, 4 occurrences, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Copper, Geothermal, Silver, Lead, Zinc. 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
Alpha ProspectBarium-Barite, Copper, Lead, SilverUnknown
Easter MornManganeseOccurrence
Easter Morn ManganeseIron, Manganese, SilicaOccurrence
Old Whalen MineCopper, Lead, SilverPast Producer1909
Prince of Wales MineSilver, Lead, Copper, GoldPast Producer1914
Prince of Wales MineSilver, Copper, Gold, LeadPast Producer
Ratazzi CopperCopper, Gold, SilverUnknown
Tiger ClaimsSilver, Lead, ZincOccurrenceFreibergite, Galena, Sphalerite
Tiger ClaimsSilver, Zinc, LeadUnknown
RatazziCopperOccurrence

Every working recorded in Eureka 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
White (historical)4.8 miles19
Alpha8.0 miles15
Birch (historical)10.8 miles13
Corwin11.1 miles15
Shannon13.1 miles15
Mineral17.3 miles15
Tonkin17.8 miles19
Diamond City (historical)17.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 846767. 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.