BlockDuckwater, Nevada
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Duckwater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89314. It lies near Collins Meadow. The Survey maps it on the Duckwater quadrangle. 228 people lived here at the 2010 count. It stands 5,480 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Duckwater quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Duckwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Duckwater quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Duckwater: 1 plant, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duckwater Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Griffon | Gold | Plant |
Storms near this place
3 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Duckwater in 3 storm reports between 2018 and 2023: 1 debris flow, 1 flood, 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 2018 | Debris Flow | Duckwater | $1,500 | Heavy rain over Duckwater, NV caused a debris flow over SR 379. The debris flow was estimated to be 5 to 7 feet wide and 2 inches deep. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duckwater | - | Station (SEVN2) Seven Mile Raws, Elevation 7725 feet. |
| August 2022 | Flood | Duckwater | - | A Dam Failure occurred at Sprouse Dam south of Duckwater. According to first hand accounts, several feet of water was observed on the road leading to the dam. Nobody was reportedly impacted. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bull Fork | 10.1 miles | 12 | |
| Currant | 18.3 miles | 7 | |
| Allred (historical) | 19.6 miles | 8 | |
| Gold Point (historical) | 21.0 miles | 10 | |
| Lockes | 26.2 miles | 8 | |
| Pritchards Station | 26.7 miles | 9 | |
| Morey | 34.1 miles | 10 | |
| Grant City (historical) | 37.0 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 Duckwater | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1236784 | 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 845826. 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.
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.