BlockAsh Springs, Nevada
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Alamo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89017. The Survey maps it on the Ash Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1945 USGS Alamo quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Caliente quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Caliente quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Ash Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Pahranagat Range quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Ash Springs between 1998 and 2011, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | HAYPILE |
| 29 May 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ely District Office | ASH |
| 24 October 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ely District Office | BLACKJACK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Ash Springs: 3 producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ash Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Ash Springs Area | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Crystal Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Little Ash Spring | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Hot Spring 1 | Geothermal | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Springs | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Alamo | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Hiko | 9.6 miles | 10 | |
| Logan (historical) | 14.8 miles | 9 | |
| Helene | 22.1 miles | 16 | |
| Delamar | 22.4 miles | 16 | |
| Ferguson (historical) | 22.7 miles | 16 | |
| Tempiute | 26.9 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 855956. 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.