BlockAvalon, Nevada
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Walker River census division. The Survey maps it on the Reese River Canyon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1909 USGS Hawthorne quadrangle1:250000
- 1911 USGS Hawthorne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1915 USGS Hawthorne quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Schurz quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Reese River Canyon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Avalon between 1996 and 2001, burning about 6 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 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 August 2001 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Western Nevada Agency | WALKER |
| 9 October 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Carson City District Office | BIA 26 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Avalon: 2 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walker Lake Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Walker Lake Uranium | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Mile Post 7160,Us95:Nev Highway Dpt | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Quintero Excavating Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rand (historical) | 4.4 miles | 20 | |
| Copper Hill (historical) | 5.4 miles | 20 | |
| Walker Lake | 7.9 miles | 21 | |
| Copper Run | 8.1 miles | 20 | |
| Dutch Creek (historical) | 8.9 miles | 21 | |
| Buckley Camp (historical) | 11.9 miles | 21 | |
| Montelle (historical) | 13.1 miles | 22 | |
| Schurz | 13.3 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 855785. 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.