Cherry Creek, Nevada
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Cherry Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89301. It lies in Cherry Creek Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Exchequer Spring quadrangle. It stands 6,130 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1956 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Exchequer Spring quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Kern Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Cherry Creek between 1996 and 2020, burning about 8,600 acres in total. 15 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 | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Ely District Office | DOUTRE |
| 9 August 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Ely District Office | THERMOPOLY |
| 8 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | QUAKEY |
| 5 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Ely District Office | BUNNY FARM |
| 31 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | BLUE MOON |
| 30 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 102 acres | Ely District Office | CHERRYWOLF |
| 2 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | KELLY |
| 11 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | COCOMONGO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 65 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 65 workings within 5 miles of Cherry Creek: 37 past producers, 16 occurrences, 8 unknowns, 3 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Silver, Gold, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennett Prospect | Antimony | Occurrence | ||
| Box Canyon Claims | Sulfides | Occurrence | ||
| Cherry Creek District Mines; Egan Mine Area | Silver, Gold, Tungsten, Copper, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | 1864, 1941 | |
| Cherry Creek Hot Spring | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Cherry Creek Tungsten | Copper, Manganese, Silver, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1940 | |
| Gilligan Vein | Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Gilligan Vein | Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Happy #1 Claim | Tungsten, Antimony | Occurrence | 1973 | |
| Imperial Mine | Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Joana Mine | Gold, Lead | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold |
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cherry Creek in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2017: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Hail | Cherry Creek | - | A report was received via social media of hail roughly the size of quarters near Bald Mountain Mine. |
| August 2001 | Flash Flood | Cherry Creek | - | White Pine County sheriff reported flash flooding at the intersection of Cherry Creek road and Highway 93. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Creek | - | A severe thunderstorm produced wind gusts to 60 mph at Bald Mountain Mine, 30 miles west of Cherry Creek. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Cherry Creek | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egan (historical) | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Greens | 11.9 miles | 9 | |
| Melvin (historical) | 15.9 miles | 11 | |
| Warm Springs | 17.6 miles | 11 | |
| Centerville (historical) | 18.3 miles | 11 | |
| Hunter (historical) | 18.5 miles | 11 | |
| Siegel (historical) | 19.1 miles | 11 | |
| Stonehouse | 20.1 miles | 11 |
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 Cherry Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2649429 | 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 857939. 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.




