Deeth, Nevada
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Wells census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89801. It stands on East Channel Marys River. The Survey maps it on the Deeth quadrangle. It stands 5,341 feet above sea level.
On record in Deeth
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
Surveyed buildings and structures 2 records
- Ranch Architecture of Northeastern Nevada, Deethfederal building survey, 3 photographs
- Weighing Station, Deeth Siding, at O'Neil Basin Road and Nevada State Route 230, Deethfederal building survey, 2 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Wells quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Deeth quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Double Mtn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken 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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
17 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Deeth between 1999 and 2020, burning about 25,740 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Elko County Fire Protection District | 333 |
| 1 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | DEETH EXIT |
| 6 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Elko District Office | DEETH |
| 15 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Elko District Office | SECRET PASS |
| 14 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Elko District Office | 331 COMMAND |
| 12 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Elko District Office | I80MM330 |
| 1 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Elko County Fire Protection District | STARR |
| 9 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 342 acres | Elko District Office | GOPHER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Deeth: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deeth Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Deeth in 6 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2006 | Flood | Deeth | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deeth | - | Station (UP011) Deeth2 Upr, Elevation 5356 feet. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deeth | - | Station (UP011) 1 ENE Deeth, Elevation 5356 feet. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Deeth | - | Multiple areas of flash flooding were reported along country roads north of Deeth with water 1 to 2 feet deep in places making roads impassable. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Deeth | - | Heavy rain caused flooding in dry washes and across roadways. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deeth | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tulasco | 9.2 miles | 10 | |
| Welcome | 9.3 miles | 10 | |
| Halleck | 12.3 miles | 12 | |
| Beaver (historical) | 13.6 miles | 9 | |
| Alazon | 13.8 miles | 10 | |
| Elburz | 15.4 miles | 11 | |
| Wells | 16.8 miles | 10 | |
| Secret (historical) | 16.8 miles | 12 |
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 Deeth | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1827214 | 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 845424. 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.




