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Coin, Nevada

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Elko census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89801. It stands on Kittridge Creek. The Survey maps it on the Osino quadrangle.

Coin within Elko County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

112 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Coin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 35,675 acres in total. 25 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined54
Natural25
Equipment and vehicle use11
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Fireworks5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1

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
7 September 2017Natural279 acresElko District OfficeTHE E
4 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresElko District OfficeCARWIL
30 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreElko District OfficeOPAL
22 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresElko District OfficeMOHAWK
20 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreElko District OfficeOSINO
2 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreElko District OfficeKITTRIDGE
2 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreElko District OfficeINDIANA
18 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreElko District OfficeDRIVEL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Coin: 8 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zeolites, Barium-Barite. 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
Four Mile CanyonZeolitesOccurrence
Ogilvie ProspectCopperUnknown
Randolph MillBarium-BaritePast Producer
Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Basalt QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Pardo QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Boehler Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Churchfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Elko City PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hunter Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Elko County

Storms near this place

1 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coin in 1 storm report in 2018: 1 funnel cloud. 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
May 2018Funnel CloudCoin-Weak, narrow cold air funnel cloud observed by NWS Elko staff approximately 3 miles north of the forecast office. Persisted for several minutes, before dissipating.

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
Ballous Addition4.3 miles12
Elko4.3 miles12
Osino4.5 miles11
Ryndon7.5 miles11
Elburz11.6 miles11
Spring Creek12.8 miles10
Hunter13.4 miles12
Halleck14.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 855995. 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.