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Centerville, Nevada

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Genoa-Jacks Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89460. It stands on Rocky Slough. The Survey maps it on the Minden quadrangle.

Centerville within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 32 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

41 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Centerville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 132 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 3 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
Natural19
Equipment and vehicle use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
13 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestPIT
12 September 2017Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestSISTER
3 August 2017Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestMOTT
3 August 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestTILLMAN
29 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEast Fork Fire and Paramedic District88
19 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeWNA 7
13 August 1996Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestJOBS
11 August 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Centerville: 5 past producers, 3 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, 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
Alpine FairviewCopper, GoldPast ProducerVein
Hunch and Lucky Strike ClaimsUranium, ThoriumOccurrenceAllanite
Redelius ProspectTitanium, MetalOccurrenceRutile
Environmental Community BLM PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sawmill PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Alpine County Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Bing Materials Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dresslerville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Nev. Contractors Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rancho PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Douglas County

Storms near this place

9 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Centerville in 9 storm reports between 2015 and 2022: 5 heavy rain, 2 flood, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2022Heavy RainCenterville-Trained weather spotter located 3.0 miles WSW of Gardnerville Ranch reported a total rainfall amount of 3.1 inches from 12:00 PM to 17:25 PM LST. Spotter also reported flooding issues along Foothill Road in the area.
August 2022FloodCenterville-Trained spotter located 3.0 mi WSW of Garnerville Ranch, NV, reported some mud over foothill road, and also some minor flooding impacts. Rainfall total over a 1.5 hour period was reported as 1.98 inches.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindCenterville-Local media reported branches down on Waterloo Lane. Nearby mesonet stations reported wind gusts over 50 MPH.
December 2021Heavy RainCenterville-A trained spotter reported heavy rain total of 1.13 during this period.
December 2019Heavy RainCenterville-Trained weather spotter 3 miles west-southwest of Gardnerville Ranchos reported 1.29 inches of rainfall in a 48-hour period from 6 December 1835PST to 8 December 1835PST.
November 2018Heavy RainCenterville-Trained weather spotter 3 miles west-southwest of Gardnerville Ranchos measured 0.78 inches of rainfall in a 48-hour period from 21 November 2000PST to 23 November 2000PST.
April 2018FloodCenterville-Trained weather spotter DO-12 reported that approximately 4 inches of water was covering half of Nevada Highway 88 at Centerville Lane. This was very close to the location of Rocky Slough.
April 2018Heavy RainCenterville-Trained weather spotter 1 mile north-northwest of Gardnerville reported 1.18 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period from 6 April 1044PST to 7 April 1044PST.
July 2015Flash FloodCenterville-The Douglas County Sheriff's Office reported that various places along Foothill Blvd. experienced flash flooding, which made roads impassable. A spotter in the flash flood area noted 1.65 of rainfall in 45 minutes.

Every storm recorded in Douglas 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
Sheridan2.5 miles32
Gardnerville Ranchos2.5 miles29
Gardnerville2.6 miles29
Minden3.1 miles32
Mottsville3.3 miles32
Valley View (historical)3.4 miles28
Dresslerville3.4 miles29
Twelvemile House3.8 miles29

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 CentervilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q54888681The 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 859193. 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.