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Roses Well, Nevada

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Amargosa Valley census division. The Survey maps it on the Big Dune quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Roses Well within Nye County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 24 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

1 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Roses Well (historical) in 2013, burning under an acre in total. 1 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
Natural1

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
22 August 2013Naturalunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeNAT OUT 4

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nye County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Roses Well (historical): 5 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Diatomite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Volcanic Materials. 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
Big DuneTitanium, Metal, IronOccurrencePlacer
Big DuneTitanium, Zirconium, Silica, Iron, Feldspar, CalciumOccurrence
Cinder Cone MineStone, Crushed/Broken, Volcanic MaterialsProducer
Cinder Cone PitPumiceProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel
Back Marble Mnt. ProspectGoldOccurrence
Black Marble Mountain ProspectGoldProspect
Diatomaceous EarthDiatomiteOccurrenceSedimentary
Diatomite OccurrenceDiatomiteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Nye 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
Ashton4.8 miles24
Leeland (historical)7.5 miles24
Carrara (historical)9.8 miles24
Amargosa Valley10.5 miles25
Fluorine (historical)14.4 miles25
Gold Center15.3 miles24
Beatty17.3 miles25
Bullfrog (historical)18.7 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 851863. 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.