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Rox, Nevada

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Caliente census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89008. The Survey maps it on the Rox quadrangle.

Rox within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

6 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Rox between 1993 and 2009, burning about 27 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Natural2
Debris and open burning1

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
11 September 1998Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeUS 93 MM 2
13 August 1994Naturalunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeBUNKERHILL
3 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeNATOUT 3
7 June 2001Debris and open burning5.0 acresEly District OfficeROX
20 April 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeFERRIER
30 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined13 acresEly District OfficeMEADOW VALLEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Rox: 1 producer, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, PGE. 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
MoapaGold, PGEProspect
Moapa VentureGoldProducerUnknown
Roaring Springs RanchGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

3 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rox in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 3 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025Flash FloodRox$2,000Water and debris covered Highway 93 between Lincoln County mile markers 2 and 4, closing the highway.
July 2015Flash FloodRox$2,000Highways 93 and 168 were impassable due to flooding.
August 2014Flash FloodRox$1,000Highway 93 was flooded and closed at Lincoln County mile marker 3.

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Hoya4.6 miles19
Galt10.0 miles15
Angle City12.0 miles15
Carp18.4 miles16
Kiernan (historical)30.0 miles16
Viola (historical)30.5 miles16
Kyle31.4 miles16
Elgin33.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 843386. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.