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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.

Tybo within Nye County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

3 since 1998

Regional 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
Natural2
Firearms and explosives use1

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
29 September 1998Natural5.0 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeFAIRBANKS
7 August 2010Firearms and explosives use25 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeMUSIC
14 August 2014Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeEMPIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nye County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Blue Bird BariteBarium-BaritePast Producer
Bresnahan ProspectSilver, Lead, ZincOccurrenceGalena
Bunker Hill MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Cunningham ProspectSilver, Lead, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Sphalerite
Dimick MineLead, Silver, Gold, ZincPast ProducerGold
Ernst and Brown PropertySilver, CopperOccurrenceVein
Larsh ProspectSilver, ManganeseOccurrenceManganite
Lead King ClaimSilver, LeadOccurrence
New Hope ClaimsLead, SilverPast ProducerVein
Outlook ProspectAntimonyUnknown

Every working recorded in Nye County

Storms near this place

10 since 2021

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2023Thunderstorm WindTybo-Mesonet station (PANN2) Pancake Raws, Elevation 5165 ft.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindTybo-Station (PANN2) Pancake Raws, Elevation 5165 feet.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindTybo-Station (PANN2) Pancake Raws, Elevation 5165 feet.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindTybo-Station (PANN2) Pancake Raws, Elevation 5165 feet.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindTybo-Station (PANN2) Pancake Raws, Elevation 5165 feet.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindTybo-Station (PANN2) Pancake Raws, Elevation 5165 feet.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindTybo-Station (PANN2) Pancake Raws, Elevation 5165 feet.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindTybo-Station (PANN2) Pancake Raws, Elevation 5165 feet.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindTybo-Station (PANN2) Pancake Raws, Elevation 5165 feet.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindTybo-Station (PANN2) Pancake Raws, Elevation 5165 feet.

Every storm recorded in Nye 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
Keystone (historical)5.3 miles11
Lower Town (historical)10.4 miles11
Upper Town (historical)10.6 miles11
Warm Springs12.5 miles11
Longstreet (historical)16.4 miles9
Helena (historical)16.5 miles10
Bellehelen (historical)21.1 miles11
Morey21.8 miles10

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 TyboAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14705289The 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.