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Rowland, Nevada

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Jarbidge census division. It lies near Little Table. The Survey maps it on the Big Table quadrangle. It stands 4,924 feet above sea level.

Rowland within Elko 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.

Fires near this place

11 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Rowland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 184,846 acres in total. 10 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
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony1

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 1999Natural1,092 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestBRUNEAU
13 September 2017Natural1,247 acresBoise DistrictMUSTANG
10 September 1996Natural40 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forestnot named
3 August 2000Natural10,394 acresBoise DistrictMCDONALD
16 August 2012Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeHILL
10 August 2012Natural19,323 acresElko District OfficeMUSTANG
24 July 1994Natural2,517 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestBIG TABLE
16 July 2007Natural147,335 acresTwin Falls DistrictROWLAND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Rowland: 11 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Silver, Copper, Gold, Silver. 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
Bruneau MineGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Taylor CreekGold, SilverOccurrence
BruneauGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer1930
MendiveGold, Silver, CopperOccurrence
Clipper AlderSilver, GoldPast Producer
DreamGold, SilverPast Producer
ElkoGold, SilverPast Producer
Bruneau RiverGoldPast Producer
Deep CreekGoldPast ProducerGold
Deep CreekGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Elko 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
Bueasta (historical)0.4 miles16
Point of Rocks12.6 miles16
Bruno City (historical)12.9 miles16
Jarbidge13.8 miles16
Island Mountain (historical)14.2 miles17
Pavlak (historical)14.5 miles16
Jack Creek Camp14.9 miles16
Williams Cabin15.1 miles17

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on RowlandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6432509The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 861195. 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.