BlockCoral Hill, Nevada
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Elko census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89815. It stands on Huntington Creek. The Survey maps it on the Te-Moak Well 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 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 Elko quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Lee quadrangle1:62500
- 1965 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Elko quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Te-Moak Well quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
45 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Coral Hill (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 23,433 acres in total. 36 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 | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | TWIN BRIDGES |
| 4 September 2006 | Natural | 57 acres | Elko District Office | TWIN |
| 22 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Elko District Office | PINE KNOT |
| 21 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | TWIN BRIDGES |
| 2 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | TWO CEDAR |
| 4 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | CRUSTY CREEK BIA 4 |
| 31 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | WADDYS |
| 25 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | CHURCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Coral Hill (historical): 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington Creek | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| White Hill No. 1 | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| White Hill No.1 Claim | Uranium | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood (historical) | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Lee | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| Spring Creek | 9.5 miles | 10 | |
| Brennen Ranch | 9.6 miles | 10 | |
| Hunter | 12.2 miles | 12 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 12.3 miles | 10 | |
| Elko | 13.4 miles | 12 | |
| Ballous Addition | 13.5 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 850934. 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.