Carvers, Nevada
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Round Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89045. It stands on Broad Creek. The Survey maps it on the Carvers quadrangle. It stands 5,643 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1907 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000
- 1908 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Carvers quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Ione Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Carvers between 1994 and 2018, burning about 689 acres in total. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Battle Mountain District Office | DARROUGH |
| 20 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | BELCHER |
| 12 August 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Battle Mountain District Office | MANHATAN 2 |
| 10 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | DEVIL |
| 10 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | CARVERS |
| 4 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | JETT |
| 4 July 1996 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | JETT CANYON |
| 31 July 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | BROAD CANYON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Carvers: 8 prospects, 5 occurrences, 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Silver, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Claim | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Broad Canyon Mine | Gold, Molybdenum, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Broad Creek Prospect | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Antimony, Gold, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Gibraltar Silver Hill Mining Co. | Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | 1920 | |
| Gilbraltar Silver Mining Co. | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold | Occurrence | 1919 | |
| Jett | Tungsten, Silver, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Sergeant Property | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Topaz Prospect | Vanadium, Zinc, Molybdenum, Cadmium | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect South of Jett Canyon | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Wall Canyon Mine | Antimony, Selenium, Copper | Past Producer | 1915 |
Storms near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carvers in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2023: 1 hail, 1 debris flow, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Flood | Carvers | $500,000 | SR-376 was washed out at mile marker 62 north of the city of Cavers, NV. Anywhere from 1-4 inches of rain from Tropical Storm Hilary fell across Nye County. Quima Peak Raws, located just 35 miles south of the washout, measured 3.96 inches of rain from the event. SR-376 from Cavers to US-50 has been closed as a result and remains closed indefinitely. |
| August 2018 | Debris Flow | Carvers | $1,500 | A debris flow from the Broad fire was reported over Fremont Road and approaching Manly Lane in Hadley and Carvers, Nevada. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Carvers | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darroughs Hot Springs | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Jett (historical) | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Hadley | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Steigmeyer Mill | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Round Mountain | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Jefferson (historical) | 11.6 miles | 8 | |
| Ophir (historical) | 12.2 miles | 14 | |
| Van Ness (historical) | 14.5 miles | 8 |
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 Carvers | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3307598 | The 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 859166. 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.






