BlockCottonwood, Nevada
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Carlin census division. It stands on Crane Stream. The Survey maps it on the White Flats 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 13 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.
- 1952 USGS Dixie Flats quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS White Flats quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Elko quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Cottonwood (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 12,436 acres in total. 31 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 | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 1998 | Natural | 10 acres | Elko District Office | ACHILLES |
| 16 September 1995 | Natural | 180 acres | Elko District Office | GSTONE2 |
| 16 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | GSTONE1 |
| 12 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | GRINDSTONE |
| 7 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | LIZARD |
| 7 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | TEN MILE POINT |
| 5 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | DIXIE |
| 5 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | COTTONWOOD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coral Hill (historical) | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Moleen | 8.4 miles | 13 | |
| Hunter | 8.5 miles | 12 | |
| Old Bullion | 9.3 miles | 13 | |
| Tonka | 9.5 miles | 15 | |
| Bullion | 10.2 miles | 13 | |
| Highland (historical) | 10.7 miles | 13 | |
| Vivian | 11.8 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 858321. 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.