Ocala, Nevada
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Carson Sink census division. The Survey maps it on the Ocala quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 23 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.
- 1908 USGS Carson Sink quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1910 USGS Carson Sink quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1951 USGS Carson Sink quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Carson Sink quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Ocala quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Ocala between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1 acre in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | MM89 |
| 24 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | TRAIN |
| 16 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | MM 85 |
| 30 April 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Carson City District Office | TRINITY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 36 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Ocala: 15 past producers, 11 prospects, 10 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Antimony. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barite Prospect | Silver, Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| Best Bet | Gold, Perlite | Occurrence | ||
| Hazel Mine | Silver, Antimony, Lead, Selenium | Past Producer | 1865 | |
| Hazel Mine | Lead, Silver, Antimony | Past Producer | ||
| Lobo and Pay Day Tungsten | Tungsten | Prospect | 1940 | |
| M. H. Claims | Gold, Copper | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Tetrahedrite | |
| M.H. Claims | Gold, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Madraso Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | ||
| Mopung Hills Gypsum | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Prospect | ||
| NBMG Sample Site 2982 | Sulfur, Mercury, Silver, Antimony | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
5 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ocala in 5 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 dust devil. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ocala | - | Mesonet station UP993, located 3.2 miles E of Trinity Junction. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ocala | - | The wind gust was measured at Lovelock-Derby Field. Visibility was reduced to 1.25 miles due to blowing dust with the outflow winds. Another thunderstorm brought visibility as low as 1/4 mile between 1810PST and 1820PST (with gusts up to 53 mph). |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ocala | - | The Lovelock airport measured sustained winds of 44 mph with gusts to 61 mph. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ocala | - | The DRI wind sensor in the Carson Sink recorded a wind gust of 56 knots (64 mph). The gusty winds were the result of outflows from earlier thunderstorms near Fallon. |
| August 2006 | Dust Devil | Ocala | - | Nevada Highway Patrol reported a large dust devil just south of Interstate 80, two miles west of Ocala. The dust devil was reported to be the diameter of a football field. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cressid | 1.8 miles | 23 | |
| Trinity | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| Huxley | 3.4 miles | 23 | |
| Miriam | 4.2 miles | 23 | |
| Parran | 7.8 miles | 23 | |
| Jessup | 7.8 miles | 22 | |
| Fillmore (historical) | 15.4 miles | 22 | |
| Leete (historical) | 20.6 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856100. 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.







