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Tonkin, Nevada

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Beowawe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89316. It lies near Rooster Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Tonkin Summit quadrangle.

Tonkin within Eureka County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

22 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Tonkin between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,868 acres in total. 20 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
Natural20
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 1998Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeTONKIN
16 September 2002Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeTONKIN
29 August 2001Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeTONKIN
23 August 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeTONKIN
21 August 2010Natural1,208 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeGRASS VALLEY
13 August 2015Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeTONKIN
12 August 2001Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeDRY FIRE
10 August 2003Natural14 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeSPRING

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eureka County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Tonkin: 7 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver. 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
Tonkin Springs Gold MineGold, Silver, Arsenic, Mercury, Antimony, Zinc, Barium-BariteProducer1982, 1985, 1990
Roberts Wsa Area AGold, SilverOccurrence
Roberts Wsa Area BGold, SilverOccurrence
A S ClaimsSilver, GoldOccurrence
East Fork Kelley Creek ProspectSilver, GoldOccurrence
Roberts Wsa Area 1Silver, GoldOccurrence
Roberts Wsa Area ESilver, GoldOccurrence
S D ClaimsSilver, GoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Eureka County

Storms near this place

11 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tonkin in 11 storm reports between 2014 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2023FloodTonkin$300,000Across Pine Valley, warm temperatures, rainfall and snowmelt caused flooding and road closures of Willows (Alpha) Road. Flooding and road closures also occurred at Moiarelli Mine Road (MM62) from SR278 towards the west. Flooding also occurred at Tonkin road from JD to the Tonkin Reservoir.
September 2014Flash FloodTonkin$500Water was observed flowing across State Route 278 at mile marker 32. Damages estimated.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindTonkin-Station (COIN2) Coils Creek Raws, Elevation 6745 feet.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindTonkin-Station (COIN2) Coils Creek, Elevation 6745 ft.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindTonkin-Station (COIN2) Coils Creek, Elevation 6745 feet.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindTonkin-Station (COIN2) Coils Creek, Elevation 6745 feet.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindTonkin-Station (COIN2) Coils Creek, Elevation 6745 feet.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindTonkin-Station (COIN2) Coils Creek Raws, Elevation 6745 feet.
August 2014Flash FloodTonkin-Water and mud was observed on highway 278 about 4 miles south of Garden Pass.
July 2014HailTonkin-Quarter size hail was reported from the University of Nevada Reno Gund Ranch, 49 miles south of Beowawe. Time is approximate.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindTonkin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Eureka 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
Nevin (historical)7.6 miles16
Keystone (historical)8.0 miles16
Three Bar (historical)9.9 miles19
Alpha12.6 miles15
White (historical)13.0 miles19
Shannon15.7 miles15
Buckhorn16.8 miles11
Romano (historical)17.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 846815. 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.