Currant, Nevada
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Duckwater census division. The Survey maps it on the Currant quadrangle. It stands 5,177 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Lund quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Lund quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Currant quadrangle1:62500
- 1980 USGS Duckwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Currant quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Currant between 1992 and 2020, burning under an acre in total. 2 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 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | HIGHWAY |
| 22 July 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | NAT OUT TWO |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Currant: 5 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Gold, Magnesite, Gold, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A & O Company Clay Deposit | Kaolin | Past Producer | Alunite, Kaolinite | |
| Denise Claim | Gold, Uranium | Past Producer | 1976 | |
| El Padre Mine | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| El Padre Mine | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | ||
| Snowball | Magnesite | Occurrence | Magnesite | |
| Zeolite Deposit | Zeolites | Occurrence | Analcime | |
| Earth Resources Claim Block | Gold | Occurrence | 1979 | |
| Gold Bearing Ledge Group | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Thor Group | Uranium | Occurrence | 1954 | |
| Thor Group | Uranium | Prospect |
Storms near this place
9 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Currant in 9 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 8 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Currant | - | Outflow wind gusts from collapsing thunderstorms produced strong gusty winds over Currant Creek RAWS (CCRN2). |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Currant | - | Station (CCRN2) Currant Creek, Elevation 5750 ft. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Currant | - | Station (CCRN2) Currant Creek, Elevation 5759 ft. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Currant | - | Station (CCRN2) Currant Creek Raws, Elevation 5750 feet. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Currant | - | Station (SEVN2) Seven Mile Raws, Elevation 7725 feet. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Currant | - | Station (SEVN2) Seven Mile Raws, Elevation 7725 feet. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Currant | - | Station (CCRN2) Currant Creek, Elevation 5760 feet. |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Currant | - | Law enforcement reported flooding at the Health Department Building in Duckwater. Debris from flooding made state route 379 impassable between mile marker 4 and 6. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Currant | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allred (historical) | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Gold Point (historical) | 8.5 miles | 10 | |
| Duckwater | 18.3 miles | 8 | |
| Lockes | 20.5 miles | 8 | |
| Grant City (historical) | 22.7 miles | 6 | |
| White River (historical) | 24.0 miles | 7 | |
| Bull Fork | 27.6 miles | 12 | |
| Troy (historical) | 28.0 miles | 6 |
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 Currant | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3306195 | 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 856007. 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.




