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Tenabo, Nevada

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Battle Mountain census division. It lies near Mill Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Tenabo quadrangle. It stands 5,174 feet above sea level.

Tenabo within Lander County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

12 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Tenabo between 1995 and 2020, burning about 25 acres in total. 1 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
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Natural1
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
9 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLander CountyCRESENT VALLEY A
9 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLander CountyCRESENT VALLEY B
8 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeTENABO
7 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined11 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeCRESCENT VALLEY
27 August 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeVALLEY BOTTOM
8 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use4.4 acresElko District OfficeDANN RANCH
26 July 1995Debris and open burning4.0 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeTRASH
9 May 2013Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficePIVOT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lander County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 92 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 92 workings within 5 miles of Tenabo: 52 past producers, 21 unknowns, 5 producers, 5 prospects. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Gemstone, Gold, Silver, 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
Blue Ridge MineGemstone, Semiprecious GemstoneProducer
Bullion PropertySilicaProspect
Crescent Valley PlacersGold, Silver, TungstenPast Producer1905, 1916, 1940
GeldingGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Gold PanGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast ProducerMalachite
Gold QuartzGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, ZincPast Producer1910
Grand PriseGold, Lead, Copper, SilverPast ProducerVein
Lander MineLead, Silver, Copper, GoldPast Producer
Little GemCopper, Gold, Silver, Lead, ArsenicPast Producer1907
LouieSilver, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer1910

Every working recorded in Lander 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
Mill Gulch (historical)0.2 miles14
Gold Quartz1.3 miles14
Bullion (historical)1.8 miles14
Lander (historical)2.0 miles14
Frisbie (historical)3.0 miles14
Gold Acres4.7 miles14
Mud Springs (historical)5.7 miles13
Hilltop9.5 miles12

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 TenaboAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q60785620The 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 844209. 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.