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Kimberly, Nevada

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Ruth census division. It lies near Pilot Knob. The Survey maps it on the Riepetown quadrangle.

Kimberly within White Pine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

51 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Kimberly between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,036 acres in total. 44 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
Natural44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
7 September 1992Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeGIROUX
5 September 2006Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeLION
2 September 2003Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeBHP PACK
13 September 2001Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeMAGMA WELL
13 September 2001Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeWHITE HILL
13 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestGU GU
12 September 2001Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeRIVER WASH
10 September 1999Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeRUTH BAR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in White Pine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 74 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 74 workings within 5 miles of Kimberly: 47 past producers, 8 producers, 8 unknowns, 6 occurrences. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Manganese, Silver, Gold, Gold. 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
BedlamSilver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Iron, LeadPast Producer
Blair and Kearsarge ClaimCopper, AluminumPast Producer
Carbonate and Eldorado ClaimsSilver, Gold, LeadUnknown
Columbia MineManganese, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold, LeadPast Producer
Commodore ClaimIronUnknown
Elijah ClaimLead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Elijah MineSilver, LeadPast ProducerReplacement
Ely District (Robinson)Copper, Gold, Nickel, Palladium, PlatinumProducer1868
Ely Gold MineMercury, Lead, Zinc, Manganese, Gold, Copper, SilverPast ProducerPlacer
Ely Gold MineMercury, Copper, Silver, Lead, GoldUnknown

Every working recorded in White Pine County

Storms near this place

5 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kimberly in 5 storm reports between 2010 and 2022: 3 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 debris flow. 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 2014Flash FloodKimberly$1,000Flash flooding was reported on Duckwater Road in White Pine county near Pogues station.|Damages estimated.
August 2013Flash FloodKimberly$1,000Emergency manager and Duckwater Health Department reported flash flooding along White Pine County Road north of town through the Pancake mountain range which caused a significant washout in the road.
August 2022Debris FlowKimberly-A COOP Observer from Moorman Ranch reported 24-hour rainfall at his location of 2.94 inches. He added between 16 and 1800LT a portion of his mountain/hillside came down due to the heavy rain, and he had to clear/repair his driveway with his excavator. Some additional details of note; of the 2.94 inches that fell that Friday, 0.54 inches fell between 2000 that evening and 0400LT the next morning. It was the most rain our observer has seen in a 24-hour period in his 30 years in the area.
August 2022Flash FloodKimberly-Duckwater road near Fish Creek was closed due to a dirt portion of the road being washed out by flooding. This occurred south of the Eureka county line in White Pine county. Monsoonal moisture aided in producing thunderstorms with the capability of producing brief heavy rain, or storms with high rainfall rates.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindKimberly-A 64 mph wind gust was reported at the Pancake Ridge Mesonet site and a 58 mph wind gust was reported at the Alligator Ridge RAWS site.

Every storm recorded in White Pine 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
Veteran (historical)0.5 miles16
Riepetown0.6 miles16
Copper Flat1.8 miles18
Sunshine Camp (historical)1.9 miles18
Ruth2.0 miles18
Ruth (historical)2.3 miles18
Keystone3.1 miles18
Keystone Junction3.4 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 845525. 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.