BlockAllred, Nevada
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Duckwater census division. It stands on The Big Wash. The Survey maps it on the Blue Eagle Springs NE quadrangle. 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 8 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 Lund quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Lund quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Blue Eagle Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Duckwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Blue Eagle Springs NE quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Allred (historical) in 2019, burning about 272 acres in total. 1 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2019 | Natural | 272 acres | Battle Mountain District Office | BLUE EAGLE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Currant | 5.9 miles | 7 | |
| Gold Point (historical) | 14.4 miles | 10 | |
| Lockes | 14.7 miles | 8 | |
| Grant City (historical) | 18.1 miles | 6 | |
| Duckwater | 19.6 miles | 8 | |
| Troy (historical) | 23.2 miles | 6 | |
| Crows Nest | 23.3 miles | 6 | |
| White River (historical) | 26.8 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 848275. 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.