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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.

Bauvard within Elko County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

17 since 1994

Regional 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
Natural9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresElko District OfficePILOT ROAD
17 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreElko County Fire Protection DistrictSAND PILE
7 August 1998Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeTECOMA
24 August 1999Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeS MONTELLO
11 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreElko District OfficeLORAY
10 August 2020Natural4.2 acresElko County Fire Protection DistrictFLAT
10 August 2020Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeFLAT 2
1 August 1997Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeLOST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Montello3.0 miles9
Loray7.7 miles10
Tecoma10.2 miles10
Buell (historical)10.4 miles10
Toano (historical)12.1 miles10
Cobre12.1 miles11
Pequop18.5 miles10
Oasis19.4 miles11

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.