Tempiute, Nevada
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Alamo census division. The Survey maps it on the Tempiute Mountain North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1942 USGS Penoyer Valley quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Caliente quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Caliente quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Tempiute Mtn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Tempiute Mountain North quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Timpahute Range quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Tempiute between 2000 and 2018, burning about 138 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | TEMPIUTE |
| 29 August 2001 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Ely District Office | TEMPIUTE |
| 2 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | NAT OUT SEVENTEEN |
| 23 July 2006 | Natural | 129 acres | Ely District Office | EGYPT |
| 20 July 2013 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Ely District Office | SAVIO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Tempiute: 11 past producers, 4 prospects, 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Silver, Zinc, Uranium, Zeolites. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Claims | Silver, Lead, Copper, Barium-Barite, Zinc | Producer | 1865 | |
| Johnson Claims | Silver, Copper, Lead, Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| Kinsey Claims | Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Manganese, Iron | Past Producer | 1865 | |
| NBMG Sample Site 1461 | Uranium, Zeolites | Occurrence | 1865 | |
| New Tempiute Mine | Tungsten, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Bismuth | Producer | 1916 | |
| New Tempiute Mine | Tungsten, Zinc, Silver, Molybdenum, Bismuth, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1977 | |
| North Tem Piute Mine | Tungsten, Zinc, Silver, Molybdenum, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1928, 1941 | |
| Schofield Mine | Tungsten, Molybdenum, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite | Producer | 1928, 1938 | |
| Section 9 Shaft | Uranium, Zeolites | Prospect | ||
| Tem Piute Silver Mine Silver Mine | Silver, Antimony, Arsenic, Copper | Past Producer | 1868, 1869, 1935 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tempiute in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Tempiute | $5,000 | Highway 375 was washed out at Lincoln County mile marker 23. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rachel | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Sundown | 9.1 miles | 13 | |
| Logan (historical) | 13.2 miles | 9 | |
| Groom (historical) | 17.4 miles | 11 | |
| Freiburg (historical) | 18.9 miles | 10 | |
| Hiko | 22.2 miles | 10 | |
| Crystal Springs | 22.9 miles | 10 | |
| Ash Springs | 26.9 miles | 12 |
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 Tempiute | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q60785619 | 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 845975. 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.





