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Preble, Nevada

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Golconda census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89414. The Survey maps it on the Golconda quadrangle.

Preble within Humboldt 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

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Preble between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,181 acres in total. 9 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 use15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Natural9
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
30 September 2011Naturalunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeEDEN VALLEY 2
30 September 2011Naturalunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeEDEN VALLEY 3
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeTOBIN
25 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWinnemucca District Office198
25 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficePREBLE
2 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use14 acresWinnemucca District OfficeGOLCONDA
11 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWinnemucca District Office5TH STREET
7 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeGOLCONDA SUMMIT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Preble: 20 past producers, 7 occurrences, 6 unknowns, 2 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Tungsten, Manganese, 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
Br ClaimsCopper, Silver, LeadOccurrenceChrysocolla
Golconda MineManganese, TungstenPast Producer1890
Golconda TungtenFluorine-Fluorite, Tungsten, Manganese, IronPast Producer
Humboldt River CanyonStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
July 4 ClaimCopper, Iron, Silver, ManganeseOccurrenceVein
Preble MineGold, Copper, Barium-BaritePast Producer1972, 1980
Preble MineGold, Silver, MercuryPlant1972, 1984
Preble MineGold, Barium-Barite, Copper, Mercury, AntimonyPast Producer1972, 1985, 1990
Silver King MineSilver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Vanadium, Tungsten, Arsenic, Barium-Barite, AntimonyPast Producer1920
Silver Lode ClaimsGold, Copper, Silver, TungstenPast Producer1945

Every working recorded in Humboldt 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
Comus4.1 miles16
Golconda5.1 miles23
Iron Point (historical)6.7 miles22
Fairview (historical)7.7 miles21
Red House8.1 miles19
Herrin11.3 miles19
Bliss11.7 miles16
Gold Run (historical)12.8 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856110. 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.