Harney, Nevada
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Beowawe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89821. It lies near Palisade Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Scotts Gulch quadrangle. It stands 4,777 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beowawe quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Scotts Gulch quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Battle Mountain quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Harney between 1992 and 2020, burning about 84,363 acres in total. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | SCOTTS GULCH |
| 7 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Elko District Office | BLOSSOM |
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Elko District Office | WILLIEBILL |
| 5 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Elko District Office | BARTH |
| 5 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 17 acres | Elko District Office | EMIGRANT |
| 10 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 167 acres | Elko District Office | HUMBOLDT |
| 10 September 1996 | Natural | 29,135 acres | Elko District Office | FRENCHIE |
| 6 August 1999 | Natural | 48,479 acres | Elko District Office | ROSE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Harney: 7 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Copper, Barium-Barite, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Onondaga | Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold, Zinc | Past Producer | 1881 | |
| Onondaga Mine | Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Ruby Claim | Copper, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Zenoli Mine | Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Antimony | Past Producer | 1907 | |
| Zenoli Mine | Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Barth Mine | Iron, Silver | Past Producer | 1869 | |
| Barth Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Black Rock | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Black Rock Ii | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Safford Canyon | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | Vein |
Storms near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harney in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2018: 1 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2018 | Flash Flood | Harney | - | NVDOT traffic webcams showed water running over Interstate 80 near Emigrant Pass, NV. Hail also accumulated a few inches deep in spots. Time estimated based off radar and webcam image. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Harney | - | Up to penny size hail covered the highway to a depth of 2 inches. One vehicle slide off was reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cluro | 0.2 miles | 10 | |
| Barth | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Gerald (historical) | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Primeaux | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Palisade | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| Thomas Place | 7.4 miles | 14 | |
| Beowawe | 8.2 miles | 10 | |
| Dunphy | 14.2 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q30626162 | The 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 840904. 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.





