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Arthur, Nevada

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Wells census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89833. The Survey maps it on the Secret Valley quadrangle. It stands 6,348 feet above sea level.

Arthur within Elko County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

3 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Arthur between 1998 and 2012, burning under an acre in total. 3 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
Natural3

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
30 August 1998Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestWOOLVERTON2
24 August 1999Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeUSFS 3
14 July 2012Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeVOR

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 Arthur: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Jones PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknamedGold, SilverOccurrence

Every working recorded in Elko County

Storms near this place

20 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arthur in 20 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 15 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flash flood. 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
July 2014Flash FloodArthur$1,000Water and mud several feet deep along the shoulder of Highway 93 about 35 miles south of Wells. Time and damages estimated. NWS Storm Survey completed.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindArthur-Station (RBVN2) Ruby Valley, Elevation 6891 ft.
October 2024Thunderstorm WindArthur-Station (RBVN2) Ruby Valley, Elevation 6891 ft.
May 2023HailArthur-Hail was seen covering I-80 from NDOT camera at Emigrant Pass. Reports from travelers said that hail sounded like a shotgun was hitting the vehicle.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindArthur-Station (RBVN2) Ruby Valley Raws, Elevation 6899 feet.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindArthur-Station (WSPNV) 6 S Clover Valley, Elevation 5794 feet.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindArthur-Downburst winds occurred at station (WSPNV) Warm Springs Raws, Elevation 5795 feet.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindArthur-Downburst winds occurred at station (WSPNV) 6.3 S Clover Valley, Elevation 5794 feet.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindArthur-Station (RBVN2) Ruby Valley Raws, Elevation 6900 feet.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindArthur-Ruby Valley (RBVN2), Elevation 6899 feet.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindArthur-Isolated thunderstorm produced an isolated wind gust to 63 MPH at Station 6.3 S Clover Valley (WSPNV), Elevation 5795 feet.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindArthur-An embedded thunderstorm along a cold front produced an isolated wind gust of 61 MPH at the Station Ruby Valley Raws (RBVN2), Elevation 6900 feet.
October 2018Flash FloodArthur-NDOT reported water, mud, and debris over U.S. 93 at mile marker 70 and SR 229 near the intersection of U.S 93 and SR 229. The was from the Echo burn scar. Damage unknown.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindArthur-Thunderstorm winds gusted to 61 mph at the Ruby Valley RAWS and 59 mph at both the Wells Moor Grade Mesonet site and the HD Summit Mesonet site.
July 2015HailArthur-no account filed
August 2014HailArthur-no account filed
July 2013Thunderstorm WindArthur-no account filed
May 2012Thunderstorm WindArthur-no account filed
August 2012Thunderstorm WindArthur-no account filed
May 2011Thunderstorm WindArthur-no account filed

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Secret (historical)2.3 miles12
Clover (historical)8.5 miles12
Wood (historical)10.9 miles14
Warm Creek (historical)11.1 miles10
Voight (historical)13.3 miles12
Fair Play (historical)13.5 miles14
Lamoille16.0 miles15
Tobar (historical)17.4 miles10

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on ArthurAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4797729The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 858749. 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.