BlockCarp, Nevada
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Caliente census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89008. The Survey maps it on the Carp quadrangle. It stands 2,580 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1885 USGS Pioche quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1886 USGS Pioche quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Caliente quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Caliente quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Carp quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Clover Mts quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Carp between 1993 and 2012, burning about 22,465 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ely District Office | CARP |
| 9 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ely District Office | CARP |
| 7 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | MESQUITE |
| 8 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 483 acres | Ely District Office | CARP |
| 28 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21,686 acres | Southern Nevada District Office | MEADOW |
| 22 July 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | UP2 |
| 17 July 2006 | Natural | 7.1 acres | Ely District Office | STURGEON |
| 10 July 1996 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Ely District Office | TURNER SP |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angle City | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| Galt | 8.9 miles | 15 | |
| Viola (historical) | 12.0 miles | 16 | |
| Kiernan (historical) | 12.2 miles | 16 | |
| Kyle | 14.0 miles | 16 | |
| Hoya | 14.2 miles | 19 | |
| Elgin | 16.7 miles | 16 | |
| Rox | 18.4 miles | 19 |
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 Carp | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q11680548 | 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 845397. 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.