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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.

Huxley within Churchill County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 23 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

2 since 1996

Regional 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 use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
24 June 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeTRAIN
30 April 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeTRINITY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Churchill County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Barite ProspectSilver, Barium-BariteProspect
Fox GroupDiatomiteProspect
Hazel MineSilver, Antimony, Lead, SeleniumPast Producer1865
Hazel MineLead, Silver, AntimonyPast Producer
M. H. ClaimsGold, CopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Tetrahedrite
M.H. ClaimsGold, CopperProspect
Madraso ProspectFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Mopung Hills GypsumGypsum-AnhydriteProspect
NBMG Sample Site 2982Sulfur, Mercury, Silver, AntimonyOccurrence
NBMG Sample Site 2982Mercury, Silver, Antimony, Gypsum-AnhydriteProspect

Every working recorded in Churchill County

Storms near this place

1 since 2007

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2007Thunderstorm WindHuxley-A trained weather spotter reported a wind gust of 56 knots (65 mph) on Interstate 80 near mile marker 86.

Every storm recorded in Churchill 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
Ocala3.4 miles23
Parran4.8 miles23
Cressid5.2 miles23
Trinity5.3 miles23
Miriam7.5 miles23
Jessup7.6 miles22
Fillmore (historical)12.5 miles22
Leete (historical)17.5 miles21

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.