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Eastgate, Nevada

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Dixie Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89406. It stands on Big Den Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eastgate quadrangle. It stands 5,095 feet above sea level.

Eastgate within Churchill County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

17 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Eastgate between 1996 and 2019, burning about 9,106 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
Natural9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Firearms and explosives use2
Debris and open burning1

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 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCarson City District OfficeCOLD
10 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined3,000 acresCarson City District OfficeSEAL
22 August 2017Natural574 acresCarson City District OfficeTWO DENS
22 August 2017Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeTREE LINE
2 August 2002Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeEASTGATE
12 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeMM 74
12 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresCarson City District OfficeMM 77
5 July 2001Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeEAST GATE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Churchill County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Eastgate: 4 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zeolites, Lead, Stone, Dimension, Gold. 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
Eastgate Stone QuarryVolcanic MaterialsPast Producer
Gold Ledge MineSilver, Gold, Lead, CopperProducer1906
Gold Ledge MineGold, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Lovestedt MillGold, SilverPast Producer
Building Stone QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer1865
Gamma Group, Nos. 1&2Stone, Dimension, ZeolitesOccurrence1948
Ze O Bras ClaimsZeolitesOccurrence
Ze ObrasZeolitesOccurrence

Every working recorded in Churchill County

Storms near this place

1 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eastgate in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 flash 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
May 2009Flash FloodEastgate-The Churchill County Sheriff's Office reported flash flooding near Middlegate Station. The flash flooding was affecting Nevada Highway 722 and U.S. Highway 50 between Eastgate and Middlegate.

Every storm recorded in Churchill 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
Cold Springs7.7 miles11
Middlegate7.9 miles19
Edwards Creek Station (historical)16.0 miles9
Clan Alpine (historical)16.1 miles9
Red Top (historical)16.3 miles21
Kingston (historical)17.4 miles21
Nevada Hills (historical)17.5 miles20
Frenchman20.8 miles20

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 EastgateAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5330663The 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 854435. 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.