BlockTrego, Nevada
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Imlay census division. It lies near Old Razorback Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Trego quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 18 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.
- 1886 USGS Granite Range quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Granite Range quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1955 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Trego quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Gerlach quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Trego between 1997 and 2017, burning about 2,438 acres in total. 2 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 | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | GLIDER |
| 9 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | MIDAS 1 |
| 9 August 2001 | Natural | 2,437 acres | Winnemucca District Office | DRY MTN |
| 9 July 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | SAGE |
| 4 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | FROG POND |
| 1 July 2017 | Fireworks | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | DRY MOUNTAIN |
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Trego: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butte Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Garrett Ranch Well | Geothermal | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trego in 4 storm reports between 2018 and 2023: 2 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 2023 | Heavy Rain | Trego | $100,000 | The public located 11.0 mi NE Gerlach, NV reported that the 24 hr storm total rainfall amount of 0.6-0.8 inches had fallen during Burning Man Festival at Black Rock City, NV. |
| December 2018 | Heavy Rain | Trego | - | Mesonet BRPN2 near Black Rock Playa reported 0.73 inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period from 24 December 0637PST to 25 December 0637PST. Mesonet elevation 3911 feet MSL. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trego | - | The Black Rock Playa RAWS sensor (BRPN2; elevation 3911 feet) reported a thunderstorm wind gust of 61 mph. |
| May 2018 | Flash Flood | Trego | - | Nevada Department of Transportation reported a washout/water over the roadway at mile marker 55 on Nevada Highway 447 in Pershing County. Heavy rains from showers and thunderstorms likely came down an alluvial fan near either the Limbo or Tohakum 2 fire burn scar leading to the washout/water over the roadway. A damage estimate was not available. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hualipi (historical) | 11.9 miles | 18 | |
| Goldbud (historical) | 25.1 miles | 15 | |
| Rosebud (historical) | 25.7 miles | 15 | |
| Placerites | 25.7 miles | 14 | |
| Seven Troughs (historical) | 27.1 miles | 13 | |
| Farrell (historical) | 27.5 miles | 14 | |
| Scossa | 29.1 miles | 14 | |
| Mazuma (historical) | 29.4 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856411. 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.