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Palisade, Nevada

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Beowawe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89822. It stands on Pine Creek. The Survey maps it on the Palisade quadrangle.

Palisade within Eureka County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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.

Photographs

1 photograph, 2022

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Hay bales in desolate northern Nevada, near the town of Palisade
Hay bales in desolate northern Nevada, near the town of Palisade
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Palisade between 1992 and 2020, burning about 56,914 acres in total. 20 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/undetermined24
Natural20
Equipment and vehicle use6
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1

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 1998Natural5.0 acresElko District OfficeWILLIEBILL
5 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresElko District OfficeBARTH
5 September 2006Natural1.5 acresElko District OfficeCEDAR
3 September 2006Natural155 acresElko District OfficeWEBB 2
3 September 2006Natural13,655 acresElko District OfficeWEBB
21 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreElko District OfficeSTITZEL TIE
2 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreElko District OfficePALISADE EXIT
16 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined22 acresElko District OfficeAIRPLANE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eureka County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Palisade: 12 past producers, 9 occurrences, 6 unknowns, 4 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Perlite, Copper, Iron. 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
Black Keettle ProspectUraniumOccurrence1956
Bonanza MineSilver, LeadOccurrence1910
Marigold MineGold, Silver, Arsenic, Antimony, Mercury, Barium-Barite, ManganeseProducer1930
OnondagaSilver, Copper, Lead, Gold, ZincPast Producer1881
Onondaga MineSilver, Gold, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Ruby ClaimCopper, Barium-BaritePast ProducerVein
Zenoli MineSilver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold, AntimonyPast Producer1907
Zenoli MineGold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Black RockManganeseOccurrence
Black Rock IiManganeseProspect

Every working recorded in Eureka County

Storms near this place

10 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Palisade in 10 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 5 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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
August 2014HailPalisade$5,000Public reported hail size ranged from dimes to larger than quarters at the Gold Quarry Mine. The hail dented vehicles and broke at least one window. Damages are estimated.
September 2014Flash FloodPalisade$500Heavy rain resulted in 2 feet of water flowing across state route 278 about 6 miles south of Carlin. Damages estimated.
April 2023FloodPalisade-SR 278 was closed from Carlin to US-50 (88 Mile Stretch). At MM73, Water was reported over the roadway, which caused the highway to collapse (sinkhole). Other areas of flooding were observed, where 12 plus inches of water was reported over the southbound side of the highway. The road remains closed indefinitely.
May 2019Funnel CloudPalisade-Public saw a cold air funnel approximately 3 miles north of Emigrant Pass while driving eastbound on I-80. The cold air funnel did not touch down.
May 2018Flash FloodPalisade-Eureka County Sheriff reports water on SR 278 near mile marker 70.
July 2003Flash FloodPalisade-Flash floods closed state highway 278 for over 2 hours as mud up to two feet deep in places covered the highway.
August 2003Flash FloodPalisade-The Eureka county sheriff reported state highway 278 at mile marker 63 under water and sides of road washed out along highway.
August 2003Flash FloodPalisade-A weather spotter reported water flowing over a side road along state highway 278 near Hay Ranch.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindPalisade-no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindPalisade-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Eureka 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
Gerald (historical)3.3 miles14
Barth4.2 miles10
Primeaux6.1 miles10
Cluro6.9 miles10
Harney7.1 miles10
Thomas Place7.7 miles14
Beowawe14.8 miles10
Dunphy18.8 miles10

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 PalisadeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14705251The 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 847450. 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.