BlockBuell, 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 near East Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Tecoma 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 Tecoma quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Wells quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Buell (historical) between 1995 and 2020, burning about 5,446 acres in total. 6 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 | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | COPPER MOUNTAIN |
| 18 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Elko District Office | 5M S ALT93 |
| 10 August 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Elko District Office | MONTELLO |
| 18 July 2011 | Firearms and explosives use | 106 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | PATTERSON PASS |
| 18 July 2003 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PILOT |
| 18 July 2003 | Natural | 14 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | BETTRIDGE |
| 17 July 1999 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Elko District Office | PATTERSON |
| 11 July 2018 | Natural | 634 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | PATTERSON PASS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 81 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 81 workings within 5 miles of Buell (historical): 57 past producers, 23 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annex | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Black Warrior | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Black Warrior | Zinc, Silver, Molybdenum, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Copper Mtn. Group | Copper, Iron, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Tungsten | Past Producer | Anglesite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Galena, Goethite, Hematite, Jarosite, Limonite, Malachite | |
| Copper Mtn.Group | Tungsten, Silver, Molybdenum, Lead, Iron, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Crystal Cave | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Limestone, General | Occurrence | Calcite, Hemimorphite | |
| Crystal Cave | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Cunepah Tunnel | Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| East Pilot Stone | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| East Pilot Stone | Stone | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tecoma | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Montello | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Bauvard (historical) | 10.4 miles | 10 | |
| Loray | 16.4 miles | 10 | |
| Cobre | 21.2 miles | 11 | |
| Toano (historical) | 21.7 miles | 10 | |
| Clifside | 26.4 miles | 10 | |
| Proctor | 27.8 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 848510. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.