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Pilot, Nevada

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the West Wendover census division. The Survey maps it on the Pilot quadrangle.

Pilot within Elko County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

24 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Pilot between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,021 acres in total. 11 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
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
13 September 1996Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeCASTLEWELL
7 August 2015Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeMINE RIDGE
7 August 1998Natural3.0 acresElko District OfficeSPRING R
5 August 2006Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeCONTINENTAL
3 August 1999Natural1,108 acresElko District OfficeSILVER ZON
29 August 2017Natural4.5 acresElko District OfficeBLUE MOUNTAIN
16 August 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreElko District OfficeI80MM399
14 August 2009Natural2.5 acresElko District Office402

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Pilot: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Limestone, General, Calcium. 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 Bird ClaimsIronOccurrence1981
Pilot Peak Lime Plant & QuarryCalciumProducer
Pilot QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1960

Every working recorded in Elko County

Storms near this place

7 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pilot in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2023Thunderstorm WindPilot-Station (PPRNV) I-80 Pilot Ndot, Elevation 4651 feet.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindPilot-The Pilot Peak Junction NDOT mesonet station reported a wind gust to 59 mph.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindPilot-Pilot Peak Junction Mesonet site measured a thunderstorm wind gust to 60 mph.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindPilot-no account filed
August 2012Thunderstorm WindPilot-no account filed
June 2010Thunderstorm WindPilot-no account filed
July 2009Thunderstorm WindPilot-no account filed

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
Proctor5.6 miles10
Clifside7.1 miles10
Ola8.1 miles9
Silver Zone9.4 miles10
West Wendover10.1 miles9
Shafter11.4 miles9
Eastline11.5 miles9
Decoy16.8 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856341. 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.