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Charleston, Nevada

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Jarbidge census division. It stands on Waddy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Annie Creek quadrangle.

Charleston within Elko County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

9 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Charleston between 1994 and 2018, burning about 4,735 acres in total. 6 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
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
3 September 1998Debris and open burning3.0 acresElko District OfficePRUNTY
31 August 2012Natural36 acresElko District OfficeBEITIA
26 August 1996Natural5.0 acresElko District OfficeHILLSIDE
17 August 2013Natural19 acresElko District OfficeMARYS RIVER
17 August 2005Natural5.0 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestRINGER
28 July 1994Natural3,200 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestPRUNTY
25 July 2018Natural1,094 acresElko District OfficeWILLOW
13 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use21 acresElko District OfficeHAYSTACK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Charleston: 16 past producers, 7 unknowns, 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Antimony, Barium-Barite, Copper. 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
Black WarriorGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, AntimonyPast ProducerVein
Black Warrior MineAntimony, Silver, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer
CleavlandLead, Silver, Gold, CopperUnknown
DavenportCopper, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
GrahamCopper, Gold, Antimony, SilverPast ProducerVein
MemphisGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Prunty Antimony MineSilver, Antimony, Gold, Copper, ZincPast ProducerVein
Prunty MinesGold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Rescue MineAntimony, Gold, Silver, ZincPast ProducerVein
VirginiaGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Elko County

Storms near this place

9 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Charleston in 9 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 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
April 2019Flash FloodCharleston$2,000Charleston Reservoir Dam breached and about 25 feet of road washed away. No injuries were reported and personnel who use the water from the reservoir made repairs to the dam.
July 2015Flash FloodCharleston$1,000Heavy rain caused water to flow over a road about 8 miles south of Charleston making it impassable. Damages are estimated.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCharleston-Station (STMN2) Stag Mountain Raws, Elevation 6790 feet.
August 2022Debris FlowCharleston-A USGS Hydrologist reported debris flows over the WildCat Burn scar and provided pictures. The Burn scar previously took a direct hit from a slow-moving thunderstorm with radar estimated 1-2/hr rainfall rates. It was previously determined by the hydrologist that 0.25 in 15 minutes or 1/hour rain rates would be enough to produce debris flows.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindCharleston-A wind gust to 51 knots was recorded at the Stag Mountain RAWS site.
July 2007Flash FloodCharleston-Runoff from a thunderstorm carried basketball size rocks down a steep slope and across the Charleston-jarbidge road about 3 miles north of Charleston.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindCharleston-The Rock Springs RAWS site 27 miles south of Jackpot reported thunderstorm wind gust to 67 mph while the Stag Mountain RAWS site 12 miles southeast of Charleston reported thunderstorm wind gust to 58 mph.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindCharleston-no account filed
May 2015Thunderstorm WindCharleston-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
Bayard (historical)1.9 miles17
Bruno City (historical)7.5 miles16
Williams Cabin9.1 miles17
Island Mountain (historical)12.1 miles17
Pavlak (historical)13.0 miles16
Jarbidge14.6 miles16
Point of Rocks16.8 miles16
Jack Creek Camp16.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 859199. 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.