Currie, Nevada
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the West Wendover census division. The Survey maps it on the Currie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Currie quadrangle1:24000
- 1987 USGS Currie quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
1 photograph, 1940Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Rothstein, Arthur, 1940. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
6 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Currie between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2 acres 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 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Elko District Office | CURRIE |
| 25 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | MCDERMITT2 |
| 19 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | CULVERT 15 |
| 1 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Elko District Office | LEAR |
| 30 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Elko District Office | CURRY |
| 4 October 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Elko District Office | CURRIE |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Currie: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Beryllium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell 6 | Tungsten, Beryllium | Occurrence | Beryl, Powellite, Scheelite |
Storms near this place
1 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Currie in 1 storm report in 1998: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Currie | - | A severe thunderstorm produced wind gusts to 58 mph at Spruce Mountain, 40 miles southeast of Elko. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goshute (historical) | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Mizpah | 9.9 miles | 9 | |
| Sprucemont | 20.7 miles | 13 | |
| Black Forest (historical) | 21.1 miles | 13 | |
| Dolly Varden | 22.1 miles | 13 | |
| Decoy | 31.0 miles | 9 | |
| Elaine (historical) | 32.7 miles | 13 | |
| Hogan | 33.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856224. 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.





