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Jarbidge, Nevada

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Jarbidge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89826. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jarbidge South quadrangle. It stands 6,339 feet above sea level.

Jarbidge within Elko County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

24 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Jarbidge between 1992 and 2019, burning about 783 acres in total. 18 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
Natural18
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1

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
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestJARBIDGE PEAK
22 September 2014Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestSANOVIA
17 September 2001Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestSLIDE
15 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestDEER MOUNTAIN
13 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forestnot named
10 September 2019Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestBEAR CREEK
7 August 2012Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestDIAMOND A
29 August 1996Natural100 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestDEER CREEK EAST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 111 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 111 workings within 5 miles of Jarbidge: 64 past producers, 39 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 2 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Tungsten. 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
Bullion ProspectGold, SulfurOccurrence
Coon Creek ProspectsCopper, Tungsten, MolybdenumOccurrence1910
Copper Queen ProspectTungsten, Lead, Silver, CopperOccurrenceVein
Good Luck PropertyGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Long HikeGold, Silver, SeleniumPast Producer1910, 1918
Morning Star MineGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Pavlak MineFluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver, ZincPast Producer
PaydayGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
4m MineSilver, GoldUnknown
Bullion ProspectGold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Elko County

Storms near this place

1 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jarbidge in 1 storm report in 2014: 1 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
August 2014FloodJarbidge$2,000Public reported 18 inches of mud and water flowing onto a road and rocks falling into roads from cliffs and steep slopes. Damages estimated.

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
Pavlak (historical)1.7 miles16
Jack Creek Camp2.4 miles16
Bruno City (historical)10.1 miles16
Bayard (historical)12.8 miles17
Bueasta (historical)13.5 miles16
Rowland13.8 miles16
Charleston14.6 miles17
Williams Cabin16.6 miles17

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 JarbidgeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3452144The 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 860185. 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.