BlockDiessner, Nevada
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the High Desert census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89412. The Survey maps it on the Mosquito Valley 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
6 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.
- 1889 USGS Long Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Vya quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Vya quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Vya quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Mosquito Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Vya quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Diessner (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 573 acres in total. 21 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 | 21 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | YELLOW |
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | ANTELOPE |
| 6 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | ROCK |
| 6 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | WIMER |
| 5 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | WILLOW |
| 5 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | S-1 MOSQUITO |
| 24 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | MOSQUITO |
| 24 August 1999 | Natural | 533 acres | Northern California District | WEIMER |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beulah (historical) | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Wimer Place | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Vya | 18.1 miles | 11 | |
| Andys Place | 23.0 miles | 11 | |
| Swedes Place | 46.9 miles | 10 | |
| Reederville | 48.7 miles | 10 | |
| Hot Springs (historical) | 73.0 miles | 18 | |
| Deep Hole | 80.1 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 846414. 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.