BlockBirch, Nevada
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Eureka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89316. It lies near Cox Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Diamond Springs 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
6 surveys from 13 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 Ely quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Diamond Springs quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Newark Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Diamond Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Birch (historical) between 1996 and 2018, burning about 134 acres in total. 7 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 | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | IC ME |
| 10 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | TOO STEEP |
| 10 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | STEEP 1 |
| 17 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | KNOB |
| 3 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | TELEGRAPH |
| 3 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | COX CANYON |
| 24 July 2018 | Natural | 132 acres | Battle Mountain District Office | HORSE CANYON |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corwin | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Romano (historical) | 10.8 miles | 19 | |
| Diamond City (historical) | 12.7 miles | 13 | |
| White (historical) | 15.5 miles | 19 | |
| Alpha | 18.0 miles | 15 | |
| Shannon | 21.3 miles | 15 | |
| Mineral | 24.0 miles | 15 | |
| Eunice Place | 24.8 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Birch (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q54959633 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 850880. 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.