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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 29 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.
- 1891 USGS Carson quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Carson quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1893 USGS Carson City quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS New Empire quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1974 USGS New Empire quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Carson City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS New Empire quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
214 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 61 |
| Natural | 44 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Other causes | 7 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | 768 acres | Carson City District Office | COMO |
| 9 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Carson City District Office | BRUNSWICK |
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carson City District Office | ARROWHEAD |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carson City District Office | AMBROSE |
| 8 September 2005 | Other causes | under an acre | Carson City District Office | TRAVEL |
| 8 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Carson City District Office | KOONTZ |
| 8 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Carson City District Office | MEXICAN |
| 3 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Carson City District Office | SILVER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 52 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bessemer Prospect | Iron, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Brunswick Canyon Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Carson City Monazite-Bearing Placer | REE, Chromium, Gold, Iron, Zirconium | Prospect | ||
| Carson Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Tungsten | Prospect | ||
| Carson River Mercury | Gold, Mercury, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Cinderlite Aggregates | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Comstock Extension Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Eureka Canyon Quarry | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | ||
| Mahogany Rock Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| May Day | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2014Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Heavy Rain | Empire | - | 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 2014 | Hail | New Empire | - | Hail report near Carson City High School. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Empire | - | This wind gust was measured at a Citizen Weather Observer Program (CWOP) site. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Empire | 0.7 miles | 29 | |
| Brunswick (historical) | 1.4 miles | 29 | |
| Carson Hot Springs | 2.2 miles | 30 | |
| Pinyon Hills | 2.5 miles | 29 | |
| Eagle Station (historical) | 3.1 miles | 30 | |
| Carson City | 3.2 miles | 30 | |
| Lakeview | 5.1 miles | 30 | |
| Stewart | 5.3 miles | 28 |
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.










