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Montello, Nevada

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Montello census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89830. It stands on Hoppie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Montello quadrangle. 66 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,880 feet above sea level.

Montello within Elko County

Population over time

2 figures

Montello fell from 84 to 66 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
201084
202066-18 (-21%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

14 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Montello between 1995 and 2020, burning about 49 acres in total. 6 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
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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 2017Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresElko District OfficePILOT ROAD
17 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreElko County Fire Protection DistrictSAND PILE
7 August 1998Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeTECOMA
24 August 1999Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeS MONTELLO
10 August 2020Natural4.2 acresElko County Fire Protection DistrictFLAT
10 August 2020Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeFLAT 2
10 August 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreElko District OfficeMONTELLO
27 July 2001Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeNDF 17

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Montello: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Tungsten. 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
Montello Pit, State Hwy Dept Dist 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Montello Scheelite MillTungstenPast Producer1975
Pyper/Wilson MinesLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Elko County

Storms near this place

9 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montello in 9 storm reports between 2002 and 2013: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2012Flash FloodMontello$20,000Heavy rain from thunderstorms over the moutains about 6 miles to the west and north of Montello filled dry washes that led into town. Main street and downtown Montello were flooded along with basements to homes. Several culverts/roads were washed out. Minor sidewalk damage also occurred.
July 2012Flash FloodMontello$20,000no account filed
July 2013Thunderstorm WindMontello$3,000Wind damage from a thunderstorm microburst flipped a medium size horse trailer, bent 1.25 inch metal rods around a horse corral, ripped sections of siding from a trailer and threw it 50 to 100 yards, swamp cooler was thrown 10 feet off the roof, and displaced a camper trailer 1/2 foot from foundation. Other minor damage was reported in the town of Montello. Property damage is estimated.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindMontello$2,000COOP observer estimated wind gusts to 60 mph caused some siding to come off a structure and blew a fence down. Damages are estimated.
July 2012Flash FloodMontello$2,000Flash flooding was reported in Montello. Report was received 3 days after the event and no additional information was given.
September 2002Thunderstorm WindMontello-Thunderstorm winds up to 70 mph ripped through Montello.
June 2009HailMontello-no account filed
August 2004HailMontello-no account filed
July 2004HailMontello-no account filed

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
Bauvard (historical)3.0 miles10
Tecoma7.2 miles10
Buell (historical)7.8 miles10
Loray10.5 miles10
Cobre15.0 miles11
Toano (historical)15.1 miles10
Pequop21.2 miles10
Oasis22.3 miles11

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 MontelloAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3458030The 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 845573. 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.