Pequop, Nevada
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Montello census division. The Survey maps it on the Pequop quadrangle. It stands 6,142 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Pequop quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Wells quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Pequop between 1999 and 2020, burning about 7,309 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | 1,978 acres | Elko District Office | PEQUOP |
| 3 August 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Elko District Office | PEQUOPS |
| 10 August 2020 | Natural | 24 acres | Elko District Office | MARYS |
| 3 July 2001 | Natural | 3,497 acres | Elko District Office | W PEQUOPS |
| 26 July 2009 | Natural | 510 acres | Elko District Office | INDEPENDENCE |
| 14 July 2007 | Natural | 1,299 acres | Elko District Office | PEQUOP SPRINGS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Pequop: 5 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rytting Mine | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Rytting Mine | Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| Pequop | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Pequop Spring | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Pumice Occurrence | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Pumice Occurrence | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| South Pequop | Pumice | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pequop in 1 storm report in 1998: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Hail | Pequop | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped dime size hail on Pequop Summit on Interstate 80. Hail covered roadway causing traffic accident. |
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.
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 Pequop | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6541289 | The 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 856339. 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.




