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Babbitt, Nevada

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Hawthorne census division. The Survey maps it on the Hawthorne West quadrangle.

Babbitt within Mineral County

On record in Babbitt

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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.

Photographs

8 of 9 photographs shown,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot, Babbitt Housing Area, Post Office-Barber Shop, U.S. Highway 95, Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV
Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot, Babbitt Housing Area, Post Office-Barber Shop, U.S. Highway 95, Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot, Babbitt Housing Area, U.S. Highway 95, Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV
Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot, Babbitt Housing Area, U.S. Highway 95, Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot, Babbitt Housing Area, Fountain, U.S. Highway 95, Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV
Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot, Babbitt Housing Area, Fountain, U.S. Highway 95, Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot, Babbitt Housing Area, Entertainment Shop, U.S. Highway 95, Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV
Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot, Babbitt Housing Area, Entertainment Shop, U.S. Highway 95, Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot, Babbitt Housing Area, Library, U.S. Highway 95, Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV
Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot, Babbitt Housing Area, Library, U.S. Highway 95, Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot, Babbitt Housing Area, Drug Store-Union Hall, U.S. Highway 95, Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV
Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot, Babbitt Housing Area, Drug Store-Union Hall, U.S. Highway 95, Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Hawthorne Naval Ammuntion Depot, Babbitt Housing Area, Recreation Hall, U.S. Highway 95, Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV
Hawthorne Naval Ammuntion Depot, Babbitt Housing Area, Recreation Hall, U.S. Highway 95, Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot, Babbitt Housing Area, Bowling Center, U.S. Highway 95, Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV
Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot, Babbitt Housing Area, Bowling Center, U.S. Highway 95, Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Mineral County

Fires near this place

1 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Babbitt in 2018, burning about 2 acres in total. None 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
Firearms and explosives use1

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
18 June 2018Firearms and explosives use2.0 acresCarson City District OfficeFREEDOM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mineral County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Babbitt: 6 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Silica. 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
Gregory AndalusiteKyanite, LeadUnknown
Lucky Boy PassSilicaPast Producer
Aurora MineGold, SilverPlant1860, 1986
Corey MineSilverPast Producer
Corey PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rodeo Grounds PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pinnocle Mine and MillGoldPast Producer
Twilight MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Mineral County

Storms near this place

1 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Babbitt in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 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
August 2025Flash FloodBabbitt-Minor debris and roadway flooding along SR-359 in both directions near Spanish Springs road.

Every storm recorded in Mineral 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
Hawthorne1.2 miles23
Schweer Housing Area1.9 miles22
Thorne5.0 miles23
Coryville (historical)5.7 miles22
Lucky Boy (historical)5.9 miles22
Dutch Creek (historical)9.0 miles21
Walker Lake9.8 miles21
Montelle (historical)11.7 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 863907. 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.