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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.

Peavine within Sierra County

Then and now

1890 to 2000

The 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 sheet of Peavine, surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Peavine, surveyed 1890

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 25 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

125 since 1993

Regional 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
Natural70
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Equipment and vehicle use11
Arson/incendiarism5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Firearms and explosives use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning3
Smoking1

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
6 September 2017Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeHEINZ
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTruckee Meadows Fire Protection DistrictBRIAR
30 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCarson City District OfficeWHITE LAKE
30 September 2000Firearms and explosives use282 acresCarson City District OfficeCLDSPRNGS2
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined94 acresCarson City District OfficeCOLD SPRINGS VIEW
25 September 1994Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestUSFS 097
24 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestEAST
24 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestCOLD SPRINGS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sierra County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Aero GroupUraniumOccurrence
Birch Copper ProspectCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, ZincProspect
Bordertown Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unidentified AditCopper, GoldProspect
Unnamed MineGold, CopperPast ProducerVein
AntelopeCopper, Silver, GoldPast ProducerVein
Antelope MineCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Section 34 MineCopperPast ProducerVein
Section 34 MineCopperProspect
UnknownCopperOccurrence

Every working recorded in Sierra County

Storms near this place

11 since 2017

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2025Heavy RainPeavine-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 2025Heavy RainPeavine-Rainfall totals at the mesonet station SMDC1 Stampede.
November 2024Heavy RainPeavine-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 2022Heavy RainPeavine-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 2021Heavy RainPeavine-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 2018Heavy RainPeavine-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 2018Heavy RainPeavine-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 2018Heavy RainPeavine-Mesonet station DOGC1, Dog Valley, reported a storm total rainfall of 3.41 inches from 20 March 0649PST to 23 March 0649PST.
March 2018Heavy RainPeavine-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 2018Heavy RainPeavine-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 2017Debris FlowPeavine-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.

Every storm recorded in Sierra 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
Antelope (historical)2.6 miles25
Sierra Pines10.4 miles26
Verdi10.6 miles26
Sierra Brooks11.4 miles24
Loyalton12.4 miles24
Calvada (historical)14.9 miles35
Campbell Hot Springs19.4 miles24
Sierraville20.1 miles24

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.