Tule, Nevada

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1882 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Winnemucca census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89445. The Survey maps it on the Weso quadrangle.

Tule within Humboldt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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.

1882 USGS Paradise quadrangle1:250000
1893 USGS Paradise quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1955 USGS McDermitt quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1959 USGS Bliss quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1959 USGS McDermitt quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1983 USGS Weso quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Osgood Mts quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

97 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Tule between 1993 and 2020, burning about 6,076 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use	28
Natural	24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	22
Railroad operations and maintenance	6
Power generation/transmission/distribution	4
Smoking	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Arson/incendiarism	2
Debris and open burning	2
Fireworks	1
Other causes	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
6 September 2006	Smoking	248 acres	Winnemucca District Office	PRAIRIE DOG
23 September 1994	Railroad operations and maintenance	13 acres	Winnemucca District Office	RAILROAD
20 September 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	MM 180
20 September 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	5.9 acres	Winnemucca District Office	MM 182
20 September 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	5.9 acres	Winnemucca District Office	MM 183
2 September 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	14 acres	Winnemucca District Office	MILLER
2 September 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	KANE
2 September 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	SHIZELY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Tule: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
	Main Plant Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	Unnamed Basalt Occurrence	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Occurrence

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bliss	2.2 miles	16
Weso	2.4 miles	16
Winnemucca	5.7 miles	22
Fairview (historical)	9.4 miles	21
Golconda	9.8 miles	23
Laurel (historical)	12.2 miles	14
Preble	13.8 miles	23
Barrett Springs (historical)	14.1 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856155. 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.