Primeaux, Nevada
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Beowawe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89821. It lies in Primeaux Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Emigrant Pass quadrangle. It stands 5,718 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beowawe quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Emigrant Pass quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Battle Mountain quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
34 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Primeaux between 1992 and 2018, burning about 90,966 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 41 acres | Elko District Office | BOB'S FLAT |
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Elko District Office | WILLIEBILL |
| 5 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Elko District Office | BARTH |
| 5 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 17 acres | Elko District Office | EMIGRANT |
| 23 September 1993 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Elko District Office | TWIN PEAK |
| 2 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Elko District Office | PALISADE EXIT |
| 2 September 2013 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Elko District Office | EMIGRANT |
| 16 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | Elko District Office | AIRPLANE |
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 Primeaux: 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Manganese, Perlite, Manganese, Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angelo Belli | Tungsten, Manganese, Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead | Past Producer | 1882, 1900 | |
| Unnamed Iron | Iron | Occurrence | Stratabound | |
| Black Rock | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Black Rock I | Tungsten | Unknown | ||
| Black Rock Ii | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Emigrant Pass | Perlite | Occurrence | ||
| Emigrant Pass | Perlite | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cluro | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Barth | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Harney | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Gerald (historical) | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Palisade | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Beowawe | 10.1 miles | 10 | |
| Thomas Place | 10.9 miles | 14 | |
| Dunphy | 12.8 miles | 10 |
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 Primeaux | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q51703361 | 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 856111. 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.





