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Mosel, Nevada

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Battle Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89820. The Survey maps it on the Argenta quadrangle.

Mosel within Lander County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

43 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Mosel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 483 acres in total. 8 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1

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
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreElko District OfficeRABBIT
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada Division of Forestry - Northern RegionBRUSH
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresElko District OfficeNDF 37
6 September 2006Natural10 acresElko District OfficeARGENTA
2 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use2.2 acresElko District OfficeMM 244
8 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreElko District OfficeTRAIN
8 August 2012Natural2.0 acresElko District OfficeWHITE HOUSE SPRING
7 August 2019Natural5.0 acresElko District OfficeBAKER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lander County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Mosel: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Argenta MineBarium-BariteProducerStratabound
Shelton MineBarium-BaritePast Producer1960
Shelton MineBarium-BaritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Lander County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mosel in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
June 2023Thunderstorm WindMosel-Station (UP991) MOSEL1 upr, Elevation 4582 feet.

Every storm recorded in Lander 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
Argenta3.0 miles10
Kampos3.2 miles10
Rosny10.9 miles11
Jenkins11.2 miles11
Rennox12.3 miles12
North Battle Mountain13.6 miles12
Battle Mountain15.3 miles12
Piute18.8 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856092. 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.