BlockCrows Nest, Nevada
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Duckwater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89049. It stands on Little Meadows Creek. The Survey maps it on the Crows Nest quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 6 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.
- 1956 USGS Lund quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Lund quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Troy Canyon quadrangle1:62500
- 1988 USGS Quinn Canyon Range quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Crows Nest quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Crows Nest between 1997 and 2013, burning about 808 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 1997 | Firearms and explosives use | 808 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | TROY CANYON |
| 4 July 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ely District Office | STRANDMAN |
| 16 July 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | GRASSYPASS |
| 2 June 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | TELEPHONE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Crows Nest: 9 prospects, 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Uranium, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Strike Prospect | Silver, Uranium, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Fuller Claims | Lead, Silver, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Leadhill Claim | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Locke Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Locke Vein | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Shoe - Shoe Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Uranium | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Gold, Zinc, Tungsten, Silver, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| First Strike Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Galena | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Troy (historical) | 4.7 miles | 6 | |
| Nyala | 7.9 miles | 5 | |
| Grant City (historical) | 8.6 miles | 6 | |
| Lockes | 15.2 miles | 8 | |
| Adaven | 15.5 miles | 5 | |
| Allred (historical) | 23.3 miles | 8 | |
| Hot Creek | 27.2 miles | 5 | |
| Currant | 28.7 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856005. 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.