Bauvard, Nevada
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Montello census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89830. It stands on Immigrant Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pilot Peak NW 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 10 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 Pilot Peak NW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Wells quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Bauvard (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 50 acres in total. 9 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Elko District Office | PILOT ROAD |
| 17 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Elko County Fire Protection District | SAND PILE |
| 7 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | TECOMA |
| 24 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | S MONTELLO |
| 11 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Elko District Office | LORAY |
| 10 August 2020 | Natural | 4.2 acres | Elko County Fire Protection District | FLAT |
| 10 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | FLAT 2 |
| 1 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | LOST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montello | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Loray | 7.7 miles | 10 | |
| Tecoma | 10.2 miles | 10 | |
| Buell (historical) | 10.4 miles | 10 | |
| Toano (historical) | 12.1 miles | 10 | |
| Cobre | 12.1 miles | 11 | |
| Pequop | 18.5 miles | 10 | |
| Oasis | 19.4 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856456. 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.




