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Empire, Nevada

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Carson City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89701. It lies near Brunswick Canyon. The Survey maps it on the New Empire quadrangle.

Empire within Carson City

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 29 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

214 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 214 fires within 5 miles of Empire between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,898 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 7 were 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/undetermined61
Natural44
Recreation and ceremony36
Equipment and vehicle use13
Firearms and explosives use13
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism7
Other causes7
Fireworks6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking3

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
9 September 2012Natural768 acresCarson City District OfficeCOMO
9 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeBRUNSWICK
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeARROWHEAD
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeAMBROSE
8 September 2005Other causesunder an acreCarson City District OfficeTRAVEL
8 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeKOONTZ
8 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeMEXICAN
3 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeSILVER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carson City

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 52 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 52 workings within 5 miles of Empire: 23 past producers, 12 occurrences, 10 prospects, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Uranium, Silver, 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
Bessemer ProspectIron, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Brunswick Canyon PitStonePast Producer
Carson City Monazite-Bearing PlacerREE, Chromium, Gold, Iron, ZirconiumProspect
Carson MineGold, Silver, Lead, TungstenProspect
Carson River MercuryGold, Mercury, SilverProspect
Cinderlite AggregatesPumicePast Producer
Comstock Extension MineGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Eureka Canyon QuarryVolcanic MaterialsPast Producer
Mahogany Rock QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
May DayLead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, CopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Carson City

Storms near this place

3 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Empire in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2019: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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
July 2019Heavy RainEmpire-Mesonet station C4390, 3 miles east-northeast of Carson City (elevation 4619 feet) reported 0.69 inches of rainfall in a 1-hour period from 26 July 1417PST to 1517PST.
July 2014HailNew Empire-Hail report near Carson City High School.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindEmpire-This wind gust was measured at a Citizen Weather Observer Program (CWOP) site.

Every storm recorded in Carson City

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
New Empire0.7 miles29
Brunswick (historical)1.4 miles29
Carson Hot Springs2.2 miles30
Pinyon Hills2.5 miles29
Eagle Station (historical)3.1 miles30
Carson City3.2 miles30
Lakeview5.1 miles30
Stewart5.3 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856240. 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.