Eastern Mojave Vegetation Orovada, Humboldt County, Nevada.
 
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Small town on US Highway 95 in Humboldt County. Forty-five miles north of Winnemucca. Situated in the Quinn River Valley.

On July 28, 1939, flames overran crewmen from Paradise Camp F-5, Company 1212, a Civilian Conservation Corp Firefighting Crew, as they retreated from a fire in steep rugged terrain on the Toiyabe National Forest and Winnemucca District-Division of Grazing lands. The fire occurred in Northern Nevada near the small community of Orovada.

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Date and time this article was prepared:5:36:42 PM, 11/3/2024.