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Halleck, Nevada

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Elko census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89801. It stands on Lamoille Creek. The Survey maps it on the Halleck quadrangle. It stands 5,217 feet above sea level.

Halleck within Elko County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

16 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Halleck between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,119 acres in total. 8 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
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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
5 September 2018Fireworksunder an acreElko District OfficeBRIDGE
8 August 2005Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeROCK
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
8 July 2017Natural1,379 acresElko District OfficeRIVER RANCH
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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Halleck: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver. 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
Big Ledge GroupGold, SilverPast Producer1910
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

4 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Halleck in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. 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 2023Tornado (EF1)Halleck$20,000This tornado started around 1:40 PM PDT, south of Halleck, NV. At 2:00 PM PDT the first discernible damage path was observed at a nearby ranch southeast of Halleck. This tornado continued north and east, crossing SR-229 before dissipating around 2:10 PM PDT.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindHalleck$7,400Microburst winds appear to have occurred around the towns of Osino and Ryndon. Pictures submitted via social media show a bent flag pole onto a house, as well as a shed roof ripped off in Osino. Pictures also show home damage from a large tree that has fallen on the house in Ryndon.
May 1999Funnel CloudHalleck-Funnel cloud seen by weather spotter between 2-3pm.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindHalleck-no account filed

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
Elburz3.1 miles11
Ryndon7.6 miles11
Beaver (historical)9.9 miles9
Osino11.1 miles11
Deeth12.3 miles10
Voight (historical)13.0 miles12
Coin14.7 miles11
Lamoille15.4 miles15

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 HalleckAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4845785The 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 845498. 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.