BlockCobre, Nevada
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Montello census division. The Survey maps it on the Cobre quadrangle. It stands 5,922 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Cobre quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Wells quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Cobre between 1992 and 2019, burning about 24 acres in total. 24 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 | 24 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | NHP |
| 4 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | OASIS |
| 28 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Elko District Office | LORAY DRAW |
| 19 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Elko District Office | TFE |
| 12 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | COLLAR |
| 12 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | COBRE |
| 7 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | HOPE |
| 4 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | SAM PILOT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cobre: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toano (historical) | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| Loray | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Oasis | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| Bauvard (historical) | 12.1 miles | 10 | |
| Pequop | 12.4 miles | 10 | |
| Silver Zone | 13.5 miles | 10 | |
| Clifside | 15.0 miles | 10 | |
| Montello | 15.0 miles | 9 |
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 Cobre | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3306094 | 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 845410. 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.