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Weso, 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. It stands on Little Humboldt River. The Survey maps it on the Weso quadrangle. It stands 4,304 feet above sea level.

Weso 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.

Fires near this place

113 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Weso between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,230 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 3 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 use33
Natural27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism3
Fireworks3
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
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
6 September 2006Smoking248 acresWinnemucca District OfficePRAIRIE DOG
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.6 acresWinnemucca District OfficeHUSKER
26 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresWinnemucca District OfficeSUNNY DR
20 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeMM 180
20 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use5.9 acresWinnemucca District OfficeMM 182
20 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use5.9 acresWinnemucca District OfficeMM 183
2 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use14 acresWinnemucca District OfficeMILLER
2 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeKANE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Weso: 10 past producers, 5 occurrences, 5 producers, 2 prospects. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Humboldt Reduction WorksGold, Silver, Mercury, Lead, Copper, ArsenicPast Producer
Min-Ad MillLimestone, GeneralProducer1977
Pride of the Mountain MineSilver, Gold, Lead, CopperPast Producer1863, 1868
Shively Strike MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Vulcan MineIron, MercuryOccurrenceBournonite, Cinnabar, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite
Vulcan MineMercury, IronProspect
Winnemucca Mountain MineGold, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, CopperProspect
Harmony MineCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer1863, 1916
Sexton MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed Basalt OccurrenceStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Humboldt County

Storms near this place

1 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Weso in 1 storm report in 2019: 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
June 2019FloodWeso$1,000Increased runoff due to snowmelt and precipitation brought high flows to the Humboldt River. This caused the floodplain to become saturated. State Route 795 (also called Reinhart Lane) was closed as a preventative measure to prevent the road's foundation from cracking due to the weakened road foundation.

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Tule2.4 miles16
Winnemucca3.5 miles22
Bliss4.5 miles16
Laurel (historical)10.0 miles14
Fairview (historical)10.5 miles21
Golconda11.4 miles23
Barrett Springs (historical)12.0 miles14
Rose Creek13.7 miles20

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 WesoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q69406058The 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 856170. 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.