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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.

Lee within Elko County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

44 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural26
Debris and open burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2019Natural28 acresElko District OfficeWOODS
28 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreElko District OfficeREYNOLDS BIA 3
14 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreElko District OfficeCOTTONWOOD
9 August 2012Debris and open burning6.3 acresElko District OfficeSOUTHFORK
8 August 2012Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeLONG CANYON
8 August 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreEastern Nevada AgencyLEE DUMP
5 August 2009Natural60 acresElko District OfficeWOODS
4 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreElko District OfficeWOODS 1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
White Hill No. 1UraniumOccurrence
White Hill No.1 ClaimUraniumUnknown

Every working recorded in Elko County

Storms near this place

4 since 2014

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2014Flash FloodLee$1,000Law 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 2014FloodLee$1,000Ice 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 2021Flash FloodLee-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 2014Flash FloodLee-One foot of water was reported flowing across a road near South Fork Reservoir.

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
Brennen Ranch7.6 miles10
Coral Hill (historical)8.0 miles10
Dry Creek8.7 miles15
Jiggs10.3 miles15
Spring Creek11.0 miles10
Pleasant Valley11.4 miles10
Lamoille13.0 miles15
Cottonwood (historical)14.5 miles13

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 LeeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6320134The 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.