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Gabbs, Nevada

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Gabbs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89409. It lies near Cottonwood Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Gabbs quadrangle. 186 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,724 feet above sea level.

Gabbs within Nye County

Population over time

2 figures

Gabbs fell from 269 to 186 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010269
2020186-83 (-31%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

4 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Gabbs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2 acres in total. 3 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
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
12 August 2001Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeMCGERY
16 July 2020Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestCRAIG SPRINGS
30 June 2001Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeSHEEP CYN
27 June 1992Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nye County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Gabbs: 14 prospects, 13 past producers, 8 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Magnesite. 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
Blue Gem Turquoise MineGemstonePast Producer
Copper Blossom GroupGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Cottonwood Canyon ProspectLead, Silver, GoldProspect
DowneyvilleLead, Zinc, Silver, Molybdenum, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Downeyville MineLead, Gold, Silver, MolybdenumPast ProducerGalena, Marmatite, Pyrrhotite, Wulfenite
Lookout ClaimLead, SilverOccurrence1878
Pit #Ny 31-1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sierra Magnesite MineMagnesite, Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast ProducerMagnesite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
Tremolite DepositGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Unknown ProspectGold, Tungsten, Silver, MagnesiteProspect

Every working recorded in Nye County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gabbs in 1 storm report in 2023: 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
September 2023Flash FloodGabbs-Flooding caused by heavy rain closed NV-361 from Gabbs, NV south to US-95. Road has reopened 1 lane as of the same time the following day.

Every storm recorded in Nye 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
Brucite1.1 miles16
Basic1.2 miles16
Downeyville (historical)3.1 miles16
Green Springs (historical)5.6 miles16
Lodi8.9 miles16
Atwood (historical)9.0 miles13
Lodi Tanks9.4 miles16
Goldyke9.5 miles13

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 GabbsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2296762The 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 859778. 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.