Toano, Nevada

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Montello census division. The Survey maps it on the Valley Pass quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Toano 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.

1955 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Valley Pass quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Wells quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

25 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Toano (historical) between 1994 and 2019, burning about 10 acres in total. 16 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	16
Railroad operations and maintenance	6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Equipment and vehicle use	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
6 September 1998	Natural	under an acre	Elko District Office	NHP
4 September 2009	Natural	under an acre	Elko District Office	OASIS
28 September 1996	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Elko District Office	LORAY DRAW
19 September 2000	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Elko District Office	TFE
12 September 1996	Natural	under an acre	Elko District Office	COBRE
4 August 2004	Natural	under an acre	Elko District Office	SAM PILOT
31 August 2002	Natural	under an acre	Elko District Office	GOSHUTEVAL
31 August 2002	Natural	under an acre	Elko District Office	NORTHCOBRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Toano (historical): 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice. 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
	Cobrecite	Pumice	Past Producer	Stratiform
	Cobrecite	Pumice	Unknown

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Cobre	1.8 miles	11
Loray	5.6 miles	10
Oasis	7.9 miles	11
Pequop	10.6 miles	10
Bauvard (historical)	12.1 miles	10
Fenelon	13.6 miles	9
Silver Zone	15.0 miles	10
Montello	15.1 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 858215. 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.