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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.

Sano within Washoe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

4 since 1993

Regional 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
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
30 September 1996Natural151 acresCarson City District OfficeBIA 25
10 August 1993Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeMULLEN
1 August 2009Natural2,266 acresWestern Nevada AgencyWILDCAT
24 July 2005Railroad operations and maintenance48 acresCarson City District OfficeWNA 5

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washoe County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Boundary ProspectCopperOccurrencePyrrhotite
Clay Deposit #1ClayOccurrence
Packard MineLead, Zinc, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Ross ProspectAntimonyUnknown
Sano MineSilver, Gold, LeadPast Producer1923
Sano MineGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washoe 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
Smoke Creek7.4 miles19
Sand Pass7.5 miles18
Reynard11.4 miles18
Sheepshead12.5 miles18
Zenobia13.1 miles17
Flanigan16.0 miles20
Pyramid18.4 miles18
Buffalo Meadows (historical)18.6 miles18

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.