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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 23 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.
- 1932 USGS Sonoma Range quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1939 USGS Sonoma Range quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Edna Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Golconda quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
39 since 1992Regional 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 use | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | EDEN VALLEY 2 |
| 30 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | EDEN VALLEY 3 |
| 3 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | TOBIN |
| 25 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | 198 |
| 25 September 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | PREBLE |
| 2 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 14 acres | Winnemucca District Office | GOLCONDA |
| 11 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | 5TH STREET |
| 7 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | GOLCONDA SUMMIT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 37 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Br Claims | Copper, Silver, Lead | Occurrence | Chrysocolla | |
| Golconda Mine | Manganese, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1890 | |
| Golconda Tungten | Fluorine-Fluorite, Tungsten, Manganese, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Humboldt River Canyon | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| July 4 Claim | Copper, Iron, Silver, Manganese | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Preble Mine | Gold, Copper, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | 1972, 1980 | |
| Preble Mine | Gold, Silver, Mercury | Plant | 1972, 1984 | |
| Preble Mine | Gold, Barium-Barite, Copper, Mercury, Antimony | Past Producer | 1972, 1985, 1990 | |
| Silver King Mine | Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Vanadium, Tungsten, Arsenic, Barium-Barite, Antimony | Past Producer | 1920 | |
| Silver Lode Claims | Gold, Copper, Silver, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1945 |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comus | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Golconda | 5.1 miles | 23 | |
| Iron Point (historical) | 6.7 miles | 22 | |
| Fairview (historical) | 7.7 miles | 21 | |
| Red House | 8.1 miles | 19 | |
| Herrin | 11.3 miles | 19 | |
| Bliss | 11.7 miles | 16 | |
| Gold Run (historical) | 12.8 miles | 21 |
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.







