Jiggs, Nevada
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Elko census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89815. It stands on Gilbert Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jiggs quadrangle. It stands 5,485 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1934 USGS Jiggs quadrangle1:125000
- 1937 USGS Jiggs quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Jiggs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Jiggs quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Ruby Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Jiggs between 1993 and 2020, burning about 883 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 1 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 | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Elko County Fire Protection District | CREEK BOTTOM |
| 29 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Elko District Office | RESERVOIR |
| 10 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Elko District Office | NDFASSIS27 |
| 1 September 2006 | Natural | 33 acres | Elko District Office | ZUNINO |
| 1 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Elko District Office | SHOOTING |
| 7 August 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Elko District Office | NDFASSIS18 |
| 30 August 2007 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Elko District Office | ZUNINO |
| 29 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | BARNY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jiggs in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 wildfire, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2006 | Flood | Jiggs | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jiggs | - | Station (CRCN2) Crane Springs Raws, Elevation 6414 feet. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jiggs | - | Thunderstorm winds gusted to 65 mph at the Crane Springs RAWS site and 68 mph at Spring Creek. |
| July 1998 | Wildfire | Jiggs | - | A lightning caused wild fire on Cedar Ridge, just northwest of Jiggs burned 700 acres of a federally protected wild land study area. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jiggs | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Creek | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Lee | 10.3 miles | 10 | |
| Huntington (historical) | 10.3 miles | 15 | |
| Ruby Valley | 12.4 miles | 12 | |
| Rock House | 13.5 miles | 12 | |
| Coral Hill (historical) | 15.1 miles | 10 | |
| Brennen Ranch | 17.8 miles | 10 | |
| Cottonwood (historical) | 17.9 miles | 13 |
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 Jiggs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5145018 | 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 845520. 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.
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.








