Huxley, Nevada
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Carson Sink census division. The Survey maps it on the Parran quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 23 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.
- 1908 USGS Carson Sink quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1910 USGS Carson Sink quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1951 USGS Desert Peak quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Carson Sink quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Parran quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Huxley between 1996 and 2011, burning about 1 acre in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | TRAIN |
| 30 April 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Carson City District Office | TRINITY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Huxley: 14 past producers, 8 prospects, 7 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Antimony. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barite Prospect | Silver, Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| Fox Group | Diatomite | Prospect | ||
| Hazel Mine | Silver, Antimony, Lead, Selenium | Past Producer | 1865 | |
| Hazel Mine | Lead, Silver, Antimony | Past Producer | ||
| M. H. Claims | Gold, Copper | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Tetrahedrite | |
| M.H. Claims | Gold, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Madraso Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | ||
| Mopung Hills Gypsum | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Prospect | ||
| NBMG Sample Site 2982 | Sulfur, Mercury, Silver, Antimony | Occurrence | ||
| NBMG Sample Site 2982 | Mercury, Silver, Antimony, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Huxley in 1 storm report in 2007: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huxley | - | A trained weather spotter reported a wind gust of 56 knots (65 mph) on Interstate 80 near mile marker 86. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ocala | 3.4 miles | 23 | |
| Parran | 4.8 miles | 23 | |
| Cressid | 5.2 miles | 23 | |
| Trinity | 5.3 miles | 23 | |
| Miriam | 7.5 miles | 23 | |
| Jessup | 7.6 miles | 22 | |
| Fillmore (historical) | 12.5 miles | 22 | |
| Leete (historical) | 17.5 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856050. 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.







