Moor, Nevada
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Wells census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89835. The Survey maps it on the Moor Summit quadrangle. It stands 6,158 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Wells quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Moor Summit quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Wells quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
47 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Moor between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,960 acres in total. 32 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 | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Elko District Office | WOODHILLS |
| 27 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Elko District Office | MOOR 3 |
| 24 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,467 acres | Elko District Office | WELLS |
| 21 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Elko District Office | TIRE |
| 2 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | MOOR1 |
| 7 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | EAST |
| 7 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | WOOD HILL2 |
| 5 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | MOORE EXIT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Moor: 8 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Copper, Copper, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Occurrence | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Limestone Occurrence | Limestone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Marble2 | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | 1964 | |
| West Pequip | Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Wood Hills | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Copper Mine | Copper | Unknown | ||
| Lead Mine | Lead | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Copper | Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Unnamed Lead | Lead | Occurrence | Galena | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron, Copper | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moor in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Moor | - | Public submitted photos of a tornado SE of Wells over mountainous terrain of the Wood Hills area. No survey was conducted due to no apparent damage and inaccessible or remote terrain. Path length an width were guessed at. |
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.
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 Moor | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q20714809 | 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 856090. 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.




