BlockMizpah, Nevada
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the West Wendover census division. The Survey maps it on the Mizpah quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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
- 1965 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Mizpah quadrangle1:24000
- 1987 USGS Currie quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Mizpah in 2020, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 July 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | CHERRY CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Mizpah: 3 occurrences, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Gold, Silver, Thorium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buena Vista Mine | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Buena Vista Mine | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Southam Group | Thorium | Unknown | ||
| Mizpah Conslidated | Copper, Gold | Unknown | ||
| Tenderfoot | Copper | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Copper | Occurrence | Contact Metamorphic |
Storms near this place
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mizpah in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2024: 2 flash 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 | Mizpah | $1,000 | Numerous roads showed evidence of flash flooding with damage to some of the roads along the Goshute mountains. Rocks and mud were also washed onto some of the roads. Damages are estimated. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Mizpah | - | Local Nevada BLM Officials surveyed flood damage caused by a slow moving thunderstorm at the Dolly Varden Mountain Range. The survey provided evidence of flooding from water runoffs onto a service road caused by a thunderstorm over the area that lasted 2.5 hours that created a deep trench and water overflow over the service road at the range. Estimated radar precipitation between 1.5 to 2 inches of rain. Pictures of the survey and coordinates are attached. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Currie | 9.9 miles | 9 | |
| Dolly Varden | 12.3 miles | 13 | |
| Black Forest (historical) | 14.2 miles | 13 | |
| Sprucemont | 15.4 miles | 13 | |
| Goshute (historical) | 15.7 miles | 9 | |
| Decoy | 21.2 miles | 9 | |
| Hogan | 24.3 miles | 13 | |
| Elaine (historical) | 24.5 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 858100. 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.