Lee, Nevada
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Elko census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89815. It stands on Lee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Lee quadrangle1:62500
- 1965 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Elko quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Lee quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
44 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Lee between 1992 and 2019, burning about 9,089 acres in total. 26 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 | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Natural | 28 acres | Elko District Office | WOODS |
| 28 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Elko District Office | REYNOLDS BIA 3 |
| 14 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Elko District Office | COTTONWOOD |
| 9 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 6.3 acres | Elko District Office | SOUTHFORK |
| 8 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | LONG CANYON |
| 8 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Eastern Nevada Agency | LEE DUMP |
| 5 August 2009 | Natural | 60 acres | Elko District Office | WOODS |
| 4 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Elko District Office | WOODS 1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lee: 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Hill No. 1 | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| White Hill No.1 Claim | Uranium | Unknown |
Storms near this place
4 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lee in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2021: 3 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Lee | $1,000 | Law enforcement reported a 1/2 mile wide area of water and debris across Lee road just off State Highway 228. Debris was 1 to 3 feet deep. Shoulder and minor road damage occurred. Damages are estimated. |
| February 2014 | Flood | Lee | $1,000 | Ice jam flooding was observed along Huntington Creek near Twin Bridges. Moderate rainfall over the past 48 hours caused a steady rise of water in Huntington Creek. Large blocks of ice carried by the water created an ice jam that caused water to flow over Hamilton stage road and the Twin Bridges. Ice jams were reported along the creek for 2.5 miles upstream from Twin Bridges. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Lee | - | Law enforcement reported 6 to 12 inches of water flowing across lower South Fork Road. A vehicle driving along the road was washed off the road and pushed into the ditch, no one was injured. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Lee | - | One foot of water was reported flowing across a road near South Fork Reservoir. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brennen Ranch | 7.6 miles | 10 | |
| Coral Hill (historical) | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| Dry Creek | 8.7 miles | 15 | |
| Jiggs | 10.3 miles | 15 | |
| Spring Creek | 11.0 miles | 10 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 11.4 miles | 10 | |
| Lamoille | 13.0 miles | 15 | |
| Cottonwood (historical) | 14.5 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 Lee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6320134 | 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 863273. 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.






