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Dunphy, Nevada

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Beowawe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89820. The Survey maps it on the Dunphy quadrangle.

Dunphy within Eureka County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

30 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Dunphy between 1993 and 2020, burning about 40,439 acres in total. 9 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/undetermined11
Natural9
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresElko District OfficeNDF 37
16 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreElko District OfficeDUNPHY
5 August 2017Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeMOTHERS
4 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresElko District OfficeREST AREA
4 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.1 acresElko District OfficeROSE
2 August 2018Railroad operations and maintenance19 acresElko District OfficeDUNPHY
17 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresElko District OfficeFRONT WHEEL
14 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresElko District OfficePOWER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eureka County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dunphy: 1 unknown, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-Barite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dunphy MillBarium-BariteProducer
Day PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Eureka County

Storms near this place

3 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dunphy in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2015: 1 tornado, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2015FloodDunphy$5,000The Eureka county heriffs department reported flooding and mud on State Route 306 between mile marker 16 and Interstate 80, and flooding on State Route 278 between mile marker 61 and 74. Damages are estimated.
July 2015Flash FloodDunphy$3,000Heavy rain caused water and debris to flow over State Route 306 between Interstate 80 and the river near Beowawe in 4 different places. Damages are estimated.
July 2014Tornado (EF0)Dunphy-The tornado was seen touching down just north of the Barrick Goldstrike Mine and then moved across a burn scar caused by a rangeland fire the previous day. The tornado moved mainly west to east with a path 1/2 mile long and 20 feet wide causing brush debris to rise up to 15 feet into the air. Winds were estimated up to 80 mph. The tornado was confirmed through a NWS and Barrick Goldstrike Mine survey.

Every storm recorded in Eureka County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Rixies1.4 miles10
Shoshone1.6 miles10
Beowawe8.5 miles10
Primeaux12.8 miles10
Cluro14.1 miles10
Harney14.2 miles10
Barth16.4 miles10
Gerald (historical)17.2 miles14

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.

Wikidata item Q122555181The 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 845443. 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.