BlockBlair Junction, Nevada
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Silver Peak census division. The Survey maps it on the Blair Junction 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
7 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.
- 1907 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000
- 1908 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Blair Junction quadrangle1:24000
- 1987 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Blair Junction (historical) in 2020, burning under an acre in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | COLE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coaldale | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Coaldale Junction | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Coaldale (historical) | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| McLeans | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Alum (historical) | 8.9 miles | 23 | |
| Barrel Spring (historical) | 10.1 miles | 23 | |
| Alpine (historical) | 11.2 miles | 14 | |
| Calmville (historical) | 11.9 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 848230. 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.