BlockMarietta, Nevada
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Mina census division. The Survey maps it on the Teels Marsh quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1909 USGS Hawthorne quadrangle1:250000
- 1911 USGS Hawthorne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1915 USGS Hawthorne quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Teels Marsh quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Excelsior Mts quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Marietta in 1999, burning under an acre in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Carson City District Office | MARIETTA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 44 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Marietta: 22 past producers, 15 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 2 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Uranium, Gold, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 D Claims | Uranium, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Annett Group | Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| Badger Mine | Silver, Lead, Manganese, Barium-Barite | Producer | Vein | |
| Birdsong | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Birdsong Prospect | Gold, Silver, Lead | Occurrence | Anglesite, Galena | |
| De Fender Mine | Tungsten, Molybdenum, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | Scheelite | |
| Endowment Lead-Silver Mine | Lead, Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Endowment Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | 1865 | |
| Golden Mile Group | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Marietta | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Tungsten, Molybdenum | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marietta in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2018: 1 flash flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Debris Flow | Marietta | - | Heavy rain from a thunderstorm west of Nevada State Highway 359 drained into Corey Canyon and across Nevada State Highway 359. Mineral County Emergency Managers/Sheriffs reported a debris flow that extended from Nevada State Highway 359 at Corey Canyon to Hawthorne. This debris flow caused Nevada State Highway 359 to be closed for several hours. No damage/cleanup estimates were available. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Marietta | - | Numerous pictures showed the aftermath of a flash flood in the canyon/alluvial fan west of the small community of Marietta. Minor damage was noted to area roads (unpaved) and a wire mesh fence. The time of the flood was estimated from radar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belleville (historical) | 8.6 miles | 20 | |
| Candelaria Junction | 9.5 miles | 20 | |
| Camp Douglas | 9.9 miles | 19 | |
| Qualeys Camp | 11.0 miles | 21 | |
| Tonopah Junction | 13.0 miles | 19 | |
| Rhodes (historical) | 13.0 miles | 19 | |
| Whiskey Spring (historical) | 13.9 miles | 21 | |
| Jaggersville | 13.9 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856075. 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.