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Rose Creek, Nevada

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Winnemucca census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89445. It stands on Rose Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rose Creek quadrangle. It stands 4,324 feet above sea level.

Rose Creek within Humboldt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 20 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

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Rose Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 38,058 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 4 were 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/undetermined26
Natural23
Equipment and vehicle use8
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking3
Fireworks1

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
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWinnemucca District OfficeMM 172
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined17 acresWinnemucca District OfficeCOSGRAVE
26 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresWinnemucca District OfficeDEAD COW
24 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeROSECREEK
23 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficePANSY
23 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeMUSTARD
23 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeLITTLE T
22 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeLITTLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Rose Creek: 9 past producers, 4 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 2 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Antimony, Gold, Manganese. 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
Barite No. 1Barium-BaritePast Producer
Humboldt RiverClayUnknown
Rose CreekTungsten, Molybdenum, Gold, CopperPast Producer1936
Rose Creek MineTungsten, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Molybdenum, Arsenic, ManganesePast Producer1865, 1943, 1955
Unnamed Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Western Pacific MineAntimony, LeadUnknown
Nevada Klondike, Winnemucca MillGold, SilverPast Producer1989
Silver OccurrenceSilver, GoldProspect
Rose Creek SpringTungsten, ManganeseOccurrence
Victory Lode ProspectManganese, TungstenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Humboldt County

Storms near this place

3 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rose Creek in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2020: 3 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
July 2020Thunderstorm WindRose Creek-RSRNV, 11.1 SW Winnemucca, Elevation 4350 feet.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindRose Creek-A thunderstorm wind gust of 74 mph was reported at the Rose Creek Mesonet site.
October 2016Thunderstorm WindRose Creek-no account filed

Every storm 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
Raglan4.2 miles20
Laurel (historical)9.2 miles14
Pronto9.2 miles14
Winnemucca10.2 miles22
Barrett Springs (historical)10.4 miles14
Weso13.7 miles16
Tule15.9 miles16
Bliss17.9 miles16

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.

Wikidata item Q130604545The 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 856122. 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.