BlockBliss, Nevada
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1882 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Winnemucca census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89445. It lies near Tulls Meadow (historical). The Survey maps it on the Golconda Butte quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1882 USGS Paradise quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Paradise quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS McDermitt quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Bliss quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS McDermitt quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Golconda Butte quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Osgood Mts quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
63 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Bliss between 1993 and 2020, burning about 12,003 acres in total. 19 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 | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2006 | Smoking | 248 acres | Winnemucca District Office | PRAIRIE DOG |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | 2.1 acres | Winnemucca District Office | CS |
| 5 September 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | EDEN VLY |
| 23 September 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 acres | Winnemucca District Office | RAILROAD |
| 20 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | MM 180 |
| 20 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.9 acres | Winnemucca District Office | MM 182 |
| 20 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.9 acres | Winnemucca District Office | MM 183 |
| 7 August 2000 | Natural | 1,846 acres | Winnemucca District Office | MM185 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tule | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Weso | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Winnemucca | 7.7 miles | 22 | |
| Golconda | 8.2 miles | 23 | |
| Fairview (historical) | 8.3 miles | 21 | |
| Preble | 11.7 miles | 23 | |
| Laurel (historical) | 14.4 miles | 14 | |
| Comus | 15.1 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 855972. 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.