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Elburz, Nevada

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Elko census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89801. It stands on South Branch Lamoille Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ryndon quadrangle. It stands 5,210 feet above sea level.

Elburz within Elko County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

20 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Elburz between 1999 and 2020, burning about 9,891 acres in total. 6 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/undetermined7
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Debris and open burning2

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
6 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.8 acresElko District OfficeHOOP
19 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreElko District OfficeFLAT FIRE
17 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use50 acresElko County Fire Protection DistrictELBURZ
5 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreElko District OfficeMM 316
3 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresElko County Fire Protection DistrictWINDMILL
28 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use23 acresElko District OfficeAUGUST
18 August 2013Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficePOND
7 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresElko District Office321

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko 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 Elburz: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Elburz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Elburz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Halleck State Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Elko County

Storms near this place

3 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elburz in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2014: 2 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2014Flash FloodElburz$3,000Elburz road was washed out due to flash flooding. Damages are estimated.
July 2014Flash FloodElburz$3,000The Elko Daily Free Press relayed report of flash flooding on Elburz road. Called and spoke with spotter who said 3 feet of water and debris flowed across the road. Road was damaged and fence destroyed. Damages estimated.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindElburz-A severe micro-burst type thunderstorm produced winds estimated at 60 mph producing reduced visibility in dust.

Every storm recorded in Elko 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
Halleck3.1 miles12
Ryndon4.9 miles11
Osino8.2 miles11
Beaver (historical)10.5 miles9
Coin11.6 miles11
Voight (historical)12.0 miles12
Lamoille13.9 miles15
Pleasant Valley14.6 miles10

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 ElburzAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19461566The 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 856020. 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.