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Patsville, Nevada

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Mountain City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89831. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mountain City quadrangle.

Patsville within Elko County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

26 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Patsville between 1993 and 2018, burning about 13,424 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 2 were 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
Natural14
Debris and open burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 2018Natural5.3 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestRESERVATION HILL
15 September 1997Debris and open burning20 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestRIZZI WEST
1 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestDROP POINT 70
9 August 2012Natural1.0 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestCALIFORNIA CREEK
9 August 2012Natural1,009 acresEastern Nevada AgencyHANSEN
9 August 1994Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forestnot named
8 August 2012Natural11,822 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestBROWNS GULCH
26 August 1996Natural1.0 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestMILLER CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 74 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 74 workings within 5 miles of Patsville: 37 past producers, 17 occurrences, 15 prospects, 4 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Uranium, Copper. 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
Alberta Claim GroupSilver, Zinc, Molybdenum, Lead, Gold, Phosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence
Cobb Creek ProspectGold, Silver, ArsenicOccurrence1983
Coffee PotSilver, Lead, Copper, GoldPast Producer
Golden EnsignSilver, Tungsten, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, MolybdenumPast ProducerVein
Golden Ensign MineMolybdenum, Silver, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Hot Spot No. 1Gold, Uranium, SilverProspect
Indian Manganese ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Lucky Nos. 1-11Gold, Antimony, Copper, Zinc, Silver, LeadProspect
MariposaSilver, Copper, Gold, LeadPast Producer
Mayflower-Bronze GroupSilver, Zinc, Lead, GoldProspect

Every working recorded in Elko County

Storms near this place

2 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Patsville in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2018: 1 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2014Thunderstorm WindPatsville$200Strong winds took off a few shingles from a house. Damages are estimated.
May 2018Tornado (EF0)Patsville-The public provided a video showing what appears to be a well developed funnel cloud with a small dust whirl at the base. The tornado was estimated at an elevation around 6500 feet to 7000 feet. Location was estimated based on radar. Due to the remote location of the tornado, no damage was observed or surveyed.

Every storm recorded in Elko 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
Mountain City2.0 miles16
Point of Rocks8.9 miles16
Columbia (historical)11.1 miles11
Owyhee12.1 miles12
White Rock (historical)13.0 miles11
Excelsior (historical)13.4 miles11
Island Mountain (historical)13.5 miles17
Echo14.5 miles11

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 PatsvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3472752The 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 860892. 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.