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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.

Ocala within Churchill County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 23 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

4 since 1996

Regional 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 use3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
20 August 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeMM89
24 June 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeTRAIN
16 June 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeMM 85
30 April 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeTRINITY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Churchill County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Barite ProspectSilver, Barium-BariteProspect
Best BetGold, PerliteOccurrence
Hazel MineSilver, Antimony, Lead, SeleniumPast Producer1865
Hazel MineLead, Silver, AntimonyPast Producer
Lobo and Pay Day TungstenTungstenProspect1940
M. H. ClaimsGold, CopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Tetrahedrite
M.H. ClaimsGold, CopperProspect
Madraso ProspectFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Mopung Hills GypsumGypsum-AnhydriteProspect
NBMG Sample Site 2982Sulfur, Mercury, Silver, AntimonyOccurrence

Every working recorded in Churchill County

Storms near this place

5 since 2006

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2025Thunderstorm WindOcala-Mesonet station UP993, located 3.2 miles E of Trinity Junction.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindOcala-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 2014Thunderstorm WindOcala-The Lovelock airport measured sustained winds of 44 mph with gusts to 61 mph.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindOcala-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 2006Dust DevilOcala-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.

Every storm recorded in Churchill 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
Cressid1.8 miles23
Trinity2.5 miles23
Huxley3.4 miles23
Miriam4.2 miles23
Parran7.8 miles23
Jessup7.8 miles22
Fillmore (historical)15.4 miles22
Leete (historical)20.6 miles21

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.