Tobin Range

The Tobin Range is a mountain range in eastern Pershing County, Nevada.[1] The linear range is typical of the basin and range structure with an approximate length and width of 32.5 miles (52.3 km) by 6 miles (9.7 km) with a NNE orientation.[2] The Tobin Range includes Mount Tobin, a 9,754 feet (2,973 m) summit that dominates the surrounding area. Mount Tobin has a latitude of 40°22′37″N and a longitude of 117°31′33″W.[3]

Tobin Range
West side of the Tobin Range showing the 1915 earthquake scarp as an irregular white line along the mountain base
Highest point
Peak	Mount Tobin
Elevation	2,973 m (9,754 ft)
Coordinates	40°22′37″N 117°31′33″W
Dimensions
Length	32.5 mi (52.3 km) NNE
Width	6 mi (9.7 km)
Geography
location of Tobin Range in Nevada [1]
Country	United States
State	Nevada
District	Pershing County
Range coordinates	40°26′17″N 117°30′42″W
Topo map	USGS Fish Creek Mts, NV and Winnemucca, NV 30x60 minute

To the north the Tobins are separated from Buffalo Mountain in Humboldt County by Smelser Pass and to the northeast from the Battle Mountains in Lander County by the broad Buffalo Valley. To the east and southeast lie the Fish Creek Mountains and the small Augusta Mountains. To the west and southwest lie the East Range and the Stillwater Range across Pleasant Valley. To the northwest is the Sonoma Range in Humboldt County.[2]

The 1915 Pleasant Valley earthquake produced dramatic fault scarps along the west margin of the range with up to 5.8 metres (19 ft) of vertical displacement.[4]

Tobin Range was named after Clement L. Tobin.[5]

References

1. "Tobin Range". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
2. Fish Creek Mts (1982) and Winnemucca (1986) 30x60 minute quadrangles USGS
3. GNIS
4. USGS contributors. "Historic Earthquakes: Pleasant Valley, Nevada". USGS.
5. Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 66.