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Round Hill, Nevada

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Zephyr Cove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89448. It lies near Round Mound. The Survey maps it on the South Lake Tahoe quadrangle.

Round Hill within Douglas County

On record in Round Hill

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 34 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

262 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 262 fires within 5 miles of Round Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 757 acres in total. 45 started naturally. 32 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined76
Recreation and ceremony53
Natural45
Arson/incendiarism32
Smoking29
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Equipment and vehicle use6
Fireworks3
Other causes2
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
9 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitHOLLY
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitPARTY
8 September 2009Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitKEYS
8 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitKAHLE
8 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management Unitnot named
7 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitEDNA 1
7 September 2007Other causesunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitSADDLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Round Hill: 3 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Uranium, Copper. 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
Genoa ClaimsGold, Copper, SilverUnknown
Granite GroupUranium, CopperOccurrenceChrysocolla
Kingbury Queen ProspectQuartz, UraniumProspect
Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Section 21 ProspectCopperOccurrenceVein
Granite Group Nos 1-5UraniumProspect
Kingsbury QueenUraniumOccurrenceAcmite, Torbernite

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Hobart (historical)0.6 miles34
Elk Point0.9 miles34
Zephyr Cove1.1 miles30
Tahoe Village1.5 miles34
Kingsbury Meadows1.7 miles34
Stateline2.0 miles34
Kingsbury2.0 miles34
Edgewood2.1 miles34

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 864246. 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.