BlockAfton, Nevada
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Wells census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89835. It lies near Stormy Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Black Butte NE quadrangle. It stands 6,430 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Black Butte NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Double Mtn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Afton (historical) between 1996 and 2017, burning about 1,547 acres in total. 8 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 | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Elko District Office | STORMY |
| 22 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | W BALD MT |
| 8 July 1996 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Elko District Office | BADGER |
| 8 July 1996 | Natural | 350 acres | Elko District Office | BLK BUTTE |
| 31 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | GIBBS |
| 30 July 2017 | Natural | 34 acres | Elko District Office | STORMY |
| 30 July 2016 | Natural | 3.9 acres | Elko District Office | GIBBS |
| 28 July 2013 | Natural | 768 acres | Elko District Office | TABOR CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Afton (historical): 3 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barite Acres | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Big Ledge Mine | Barium-Barite | Producer | 1978 | |
| Chopper Ron | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Snoose Creek Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Stormy Creek Mine & Plant | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | 1980 | |
| Tabor Creek | Barium-Barite | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morton (historical) | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Schoer Place | 9.9 miles | 11 | |
| Morlan (historical) | 16.0 miles | 10 | |
| Shores | 17.3 miles | 9 | |
| Wilkins | 19.6 miles | 9 | |
| Melandco | 19.9 miles | 10 | |
| Henry | 21.5 miles | 9 | |
| O'Neil (historical) | 21.8 miles | 13 |
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 Afton (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6930557 | 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 850936. 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.