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Zenobia, Nevada

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Pyramid Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89424. The Survey maps it on The Needle Rocks quadrangle.

Zenobia within Washoe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 17 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

9 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Zenobia between 1992 and 2017, burning about 110 acres in total. 5 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
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
12 September 2017Natural1.8 acresCarson City District OfficeASTOR PASS
5 August 2012Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeRED LIGHT
10 August 1993Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficePOLE
10 August 1993Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeFLANIGAN
22 July 2003Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeBIG CANYON
19 July 2009Recreation and ceremony82 acresCarson City District OfficeWNA 6
14 June 1996Equipment and vehicle use20 acresCarson City District OfficeNEVERSWEAT
15 April 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresCarson City District OfficeBIA 5

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washoe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Zenobia: 10 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Diatomite, Calcium, Limestone, General, Calcium, Clay. 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
Adobe Springs ProspectsGold, Copper, TungstenOccurrence
Dusty PointClayPast Producer
Zenobia Clay Deposit #1Clay, Calcium, DiatomitePast ProducerSedimentary
Needles AreaGeothermalProspect
The NeedlesGeothermalProducer
Double CheckLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Double Check DepositCalcium, DiatomitePast Producer1919
Double Check ProspectCalciumPast Producer
Lake View DepositLimestone, GeneralProspect
Rivermott DepositCalcium, DiatomitePast Producer1919

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
Pyramid6.0 miles18
Sand Pass7.6 miles18
Flanigan7.8 miles20
Sano13.1 miles19
Sutcliffe16.0 miles23
Smoke Creek20.5 miles19
Pyramid (historical)21.2 miles22
Upper Pyramid (historical)22.5 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856174. 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.