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Tecoma, Nevada

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Montello census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89830. The Survey maps it on the Tecoma quadrangle.

Tecoma within Elko County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Tecoma between 1992 and 2001, burning about 2 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
Natural2
Debris and open burning1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
20 September 2001Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreElko District OfficeWELL
3 August 1999Other causesunder an acreElko District OfficeGAMBLE RNC
10 August 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreElko District OfficeMONTELLO
24 July 1992Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeJACKSON MT
25 June 2000Natural1.0 acresElko District OfficeBALD EAGLE
16 November 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreElko District OfficePAYNE RCH.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Tecoma: 11 past producers, 11 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Lead, Barium-Barite. 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
Crystal CaveLead, Silver, Zinc, Limestone, GeneralOccurrenceCalcite, Hemimorphite
Crystal CaveZinc, Silver, Lead, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mine 51Zinc, Lead, Silver, Barium-BariteOccurrenceUnderground
Montello Scheelite MillTungstenPast Producer1975
North PilotLead, Silver, DiatomitePast Producer
North Pilot MineLead, Zinc, SilverOccurrenceAnglesite, Smithsonite
Pyper/Wilson MinesLead, ZincPast Producer
Radio RoadTitanium, Metal, Zirconium, IronOccurrenceUnconsolidated Sediments
Radio RoadIron, Titanium, ZirconiumOccurrence
Soliday ClaimLead, Gold, SilverPast 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
Buell (historical)4.8 miles10
Montello7.2 miles9
Bauvard (historical)10.2 miles10
Loray17.6 miles10
Cobre22.2 miles11
Toano (historical)22.3 miles10
Delano (historical)26.1 miles11
Pequop27.9 miles10

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.

Wikidata item Q122596291The 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 856148. 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.