Tybo, Nevada
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Ralston Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89049. It lies near Gilmore Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Tybo quadrangle. It stands 6,588 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1956 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Tybo quadrangle1:62500
- 1968 USGS Tybo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Warm Springs quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Tybo between 1998 and 2014, burning about 30 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 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 1998 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Battle Mountain District Office | FAIRBANKS |
| 7 August 2010 | Firearms and explosives use | 25 acres | Battle Mountain District Office | MUSIC |
| 14 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | EMPIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Tybo: 12 past producers, 7 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Lead, Silver, Gold, Manganese, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Bird Barite | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Bresnahan Prospect | Silver, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Galena | |
| Bunker Hill Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Cunningham Prospect | Silver, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Dimick Mine | Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Ernst and Brown Property | Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Larsh Prospect | Silver, Manganese | Occurrence | Manganite | |
| Lead King Claim | Silver, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| New Hope Claims | Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Outlook Prospect | Antimony | Unknown |
Storms near this place
10 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tybo in 10 storm reports between 2021 and 2023: 10 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tybo | - | Mesonet station (PANN2) Pancake Raws, Elevation 5165 ft. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tybo | - | Station (PANN2) Pancake Raws, Elevation 5165 feet. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tybo | - | Station (PANN2) Pancake Raws, Elevation 5165 feet. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tybo | - | Station (PANN2) Pancake Raws, Elevation 5165 feet. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tybo | - | Station (PANN2) Pancake Raws, Elevation 5165 feet. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tybo | - | Station (PANN2) Pancake Raws, Elevation 5165 feet. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tybo | - | Station (PANN2) Pancake Raws, Elevation 5165 feet. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tybo | - | Station (PANN2) Pancake Raws, Elevation 5165 feet. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tybo | - | Station (PANN2) Pancake Raws, Elevation 5165 feet. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tybo | - | Station (PANN2) Pancake Raws, Elevation 5165 feet. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keystone (historical) | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Lower Town (historical) | 10.4 miles | 11 | |
| Upper Town (historical) | 10.6 miles | 11 | |
| Warm Springs | 12.5 miles | 11 | |
| Longstreet (historical) | 16.4 miles | 9 | |
| Helena (historical) | 16.5 miles | 10 | |
| Bellehelen (historical) | 21.1 miles | 11 | |
| Morey | 21.8 miles | 10 |
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 Tybo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14705289 | 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 856158. 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.





