Peavine, California
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the East Sierra census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96105. It stands on Purdy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Evans Canyon quadrangle.
Then and now
1890 to 2000The same ground, surveyed 110 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 25 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1890 USGS Sierraville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Sierraville quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Sierraville quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1955 USGS Loyalton quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Evans Canyon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Portola quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2000 USGS Evans Canyon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
125 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Peavine between 1993 and 2020, burning about 22,496 acres in total. 70 started naturally. 5 were 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 | 70 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Carson City District Office | HEINZ |
| 6 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District | BRIAR |
| 30 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Carson City District Office | WHITE LAKE |
| 30 September 2000 | Firearms and explosives use | 282 acres | Carson City District Office | CLDSPRNGS2 |
| 26 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 94 acres | Carson City District Office | COLD SPRINGS VIEW |
| 25 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | USFS 097 |
| 24 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | EAST |
| 24 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | COLD SPRINGS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Peavine: 6 prospects, 5 past producers, 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Gold, Uranium, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aero Group | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Birch Copper Prospect | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Bordertown Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unidentified Adit | Copper, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Gold, Copper | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Antelope | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Antelope Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Section 34 Mine | Copper | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Section 34 Mine | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Unknown | Copper | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
11 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peavine in 11 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 10 heavy rain, 1 debris flow. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | Heavy Rain | Peavine | - | A CO-OP Observer station(VERC1-Verdi) located 2.0 mi SSE of Dog Valley, CA, reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 2.00 inches. |
| August 2025 | Heavy Rain | Peavine | - | Rainfall totals at the mesonet station SMDC1 Stampede. |
| November 2024 | Heavy Rain | Peavine | - | A CO-OP Observer station(VERC1-Verdi) located 2.0 mi SSE of Dog Valley, CA, reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 1.23 inches. |
| September 2022 | Heavy Rain | Peavine | - | Mesonet stations SMDC1 Stampede (2.0 ESE of Stampede Reservoir) and DOGC1 Dog Valley (1.0 mi NNW of Dog Valley) reported heavy rainfall amounts of 0.66 and 0.79 inches respectively. |
| December 2021 | Heavy Rain | Peavine | - | CO-OP Observer station (VERC1) located 2.0 mi W of Verdi, NV (or 2.0 mi SSE of Dog Valley, CA) reported heavy rain amount of 2.07. |
| December 2018 | Heavy Rain | Peavine | - | Mesonet station STPC1 1-mile east-southeast of Stampede Reservoir reported 1.13 inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period from 24 December 0700PST to 25 December 0700PST. Mesonet elevation 5735 feet MSL. |
| March 2018 | Heavy Rain | Peavine | - | Mesonet station STPC1, 1 mile east-southeast of Stampede Reservoir reported 0.56 inches of rain from 13 March 0400PST to 14 March 0500PST. |
| March 2018 | Heavy Rain | Peavine | - | Mesonet station DOGC1, Dog Valley, reported a storm total rainfall of 3.41 inches from 20 March 0649PST to 23 March 0649PST. |
| March 2018 | Heavy Rain | Peavine | - | Mesonet station SMDC1, 2 miles east of Stampede Reservoir reported 1.48 inches of storm total rainfall from 20 March 0633PST to 23 March 0633PST. |
| April 2018 | Heavy Rain | Peavine | - | Mesonet station DOGC1, Dog Valley (elevation 5976 feet) reported 0.90 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period from 6 April 0649PST to 7 April 0649PST. |
| August 2017 | Debris Flow | Peavine | - | A training thunderstorm caused flash flooding and a debris flow on the westbound side of Interstate-80 near Farad, CA, which closed the interstate from approximately 17451920PST. This area was associated with steep terrain and the burn scar from the Farad Fire. No damage estimates were available. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antelope (historical) | 2.6 miles | 25 | |
| Sierra Pines | 10.4 miles | 26 | |
| Verdi | 10.6 miles | 26 | |
| Sierra Brooks | 11.4 miles | 24 | |
| Loyalton | 12.4 miles | 24 | |
| Calvada (historical) | 14.9 miles | 35 | |
| Campbell Hot Springs | 19.4 miles | 24 | |
| Sierraville | 20.1 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1656213. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








