Daveytown, Nevada
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1882 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Winnemucca census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89445. The Survey maps it on the Awakening Peak quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1882 USGS Paradise quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Paradise quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS McDermitt quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Awakening Peak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS McDermitt quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Awakening Peak quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Osgood Mts quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Daveytown between 1996 and 2018, burning about 10,703 acres in total. 5 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 | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 1996 | Natural | 40 acres | Winnemucca District Office | MUD SPRING |
| 4 August 1999 | Natural | 100 acres | Winnemucca District Office | DAVY TOWN |
| 17 August 2004 | Natural | 27 acres | Winnemucca District Office | SLEEPER |
| 12 July 2002 | Natural | 10,140 acres | Winnemucca District Office | MUD SPRING |
| 16 June 2014 | Natural | 31 acres | Winnemucca District Office | DAVEYTOWN |
| 23 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 321 acres | Winnemucca District Office | SILVER STATE |
| 24 March 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 44 acres | Winnemucca District Office | MAYDAY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Daveytown: 15 past producers, 8 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Lead, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Mine | Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Alabama Mine | Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Daveytown Mill | Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | 1982 | |
| Humboldt Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1937 | |
| Havalau Gulch Mine | Gold, Silver | Producer | Vein | |
| Humboldt | Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| May Day Mine | Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Scheelite Mine | Tungsten | Prospect | ||
| Scheelite Prospect | Tungsten | Occurrence | Scheelite | |
| Havalau Gulch Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Daveytown in 1 storm report in 2010: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Daveytown | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds gusting up to 81 mph flattened a green house and blew the roof off a barn. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Awakening | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Amos (historical) | 8.2 miles | 16 | |
| Paradise Hill | 11.3 miles | 16 | |
| Willow Point (historical) | 15.8 miles | 16 | |
| Barrett Springs (historical) | 17.6 miles | 14 | |
| Laurel (historical) | 18.9 miles | 14 | |
| Orovada | 20.0 miles | 16 | |
| Weso | 22.6 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856009. 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.






