Rose Valley, Nevada

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Pioche census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89043. It stands on Immigration Wash. The Survey maps it on the Rose Valley quadrangle.

Rose Valley within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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.

1885 USGS Pioche quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1886 USGS Pioche quadrangle1:250000
1921 USGS Ely Range quadrangle1:48000
1921 USGS NW 1/4 Panaca quadrangle1:48000
1954 USGS Caliente quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1959 USGS Caliente quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1970 USGS Rose Valley quadrangle1:24000
1978 USGS Caliente quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

131 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Rose Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,659 acres in total. 125 started naturally. 2 were 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
Natural	125
Debris and open burning	3
Arson/incendiarism	2
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 2018	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	FLATNOSE
3 September 2007	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	BUCK
28 September 2004	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	JOHNSON
28 September 2002	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	LONGCANYON
28 September 2002	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	ROSE FIELD
20 September 1994	Natural	under an acre	Southern Nevada District Office	HANDLITE
2 September 2007	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	CITIZEN
2 September 2007	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	ALFALFA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Rose Valley: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Geothermal. 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
	Flatnose Ranch Spring	Geothermal	Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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
Ursine	3.8 miles	14
Flat Nose	4.0 miles	16
Delmues (historical)	6.0 miles	16
Newland (historical)	8.1 miles	5
Spring Valley (historical)	8.1 miles	5
Deer Lodge (historical)	9.5 miles	14
Fay (historical)	9.9 miles	14
Pioche	10.6 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856123. 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.