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Tuscarora, Nevada

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Mountain City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89834. The Survey maps it on the Tuscarora quadrangle. It stands 6,447 feet above sea level.

Tuscarora within Elko County

On record in Tuscarora

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

Surveyed buildings and structures 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Spanish Ranch, Main Bunkhouse, Off of State Rt. 226, Tuscarora, Elko County, NV
Spanish Ranch, Main Bunkhouse, Off of State Rt. 226, Tuscarora, Elko County, NV
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

4 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Tuscarora between 2001 and 2018, burning about 22 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
Natural2
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
1 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreElko District OfficeNDF 18
3 July 2001Natural2.0 acresElko District OfficePACKER CAN
22 July 2006Natural10 acresElko District OfficeNICHOLAS CANYON
5 November 2018Debris and open burning9.6 acresElko District OfficeQUARTER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 51 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 51 workings within 5 miles of Tuscarora: 41 past producers, 5 occurrences, 2 plants, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Mercury, 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
Belle IsleSilver, Gold, Copper, Lead, ZincPast Producer1890
IndependenceSilver, Copper, LeadPast Producer1890
IndependenceSilver, Gold, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Nevada QueenGold, Silver, LeadPast Producer1875
Surprise FractionGold, Silver, LeadPast Producer1910
Tuscarora DepositGold, Silver, TitaniumPast Producer1875
Berry Creek GroupMercury, Barium-BaritePast ProducerVein
Independence Valley MillBarium-BaritePast Producer1978
Nevada ClamsGold, SilverPast Producer
Poorman ClaimGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Elko County

Storms near this place

4 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tuscarora in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 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
September 2014Flash FloodTuscarora$30,000Major flash flooding occurred in Taylor Canyon along State Highway 226. Water up to 5 feet deep covered the highway and washed boulders 2 to 3 feet in diameter onto the road. Six travel trailers and a single wide mobile home were partially submerged. Multiple car were submerged and several moved by the water. At least 1 swift water rescue was conducted. A local business, garage, and homes were inundated with several feet of mud and water. Damages estimated.
September 2013Flash FloodTuscarora$5,000COOP Spotter relayed report of washed out road from flash flooding on Midas road near Willow Creek Reservoir. Damages are estimated.
April 2023FloodTuscarora-An area of minor flooding occurred and water was observed over SR-226 at MM15 with small rocks spotted along the road as well.
May 1998HailTuscarora-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Elko 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
Old Tuscarora (historical)2.3 miles10
Jackson (historical)11.9 miles10
Anderson (historical)12.3 miles10
Jack Creek14.0 miles10
Cornucopia (historical)15.7 miles10
Deep Creek17.9 miles11
Good Hope (historical)18.5 miles7
Dinner Station23.9 miles9

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 TuscaroraAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3476034The 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 844463. 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.