Sano, Nevada
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Pyramid Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89424. The Survey maps it on the Emerson Pass quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1886 USGS Granite Range quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Granite Range quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1955 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Fox Range quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Kumiva Peak quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Emerson Pass quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Sano between 1993 and 2009, burning about 2,465 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1996 | Natural | 151 acres | Carson City District Office | BIA 25 |
| 10 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Carson City District Office | MULLEN |
| 1 August 2009 | Natural | 2,266 acres | Western Nevada Agency | WILDCAT |
| 24 July 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 48 acres | Carson City District Office | WNA 5 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Sano: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Clay, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boundary Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Pyrrhotite | |
| Clay Deposit #1 | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Packard Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Ross Prospect | Antimony | Unknown | ||
| Sano Mine | Silver, Gold, Lead | Past Producer | 1923 | |
| Sano Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke Creek | 7.4 miles | 19 | |
| Sand Pass | 7.5 miles | 18 | |
| Reynard | 11.4 miles | 18 | |
| Sheepshead | 12.5 miles | 18 | |
| Zenobia | 13.1 miles | 17 | |
| Flanigan | 16.0 miles | 20 | |
| Pyramid | 18.4 miles | 18 | |
| Buffalo Meadows (historical) | 18.6 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856130. 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.






