BlockEdwards Creek Station, Nevada
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Dixie Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89406. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clan Alpine Ranch 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
5 surveys from 9 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 Millett quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Millett quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Clan Alpine Ranch quadrangle1:62500
- 1983 USGS Edwards Creek Valley quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Clan Alpine Ranch quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Edwards Creek Station (historical) between 1999 and 2017, burning about 344 acres in total. 5 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carson City District Office | ROADSIDE |
| 12 September 2001 | Natural | 91 acres | Carson City District Office | ALPINE |
| 7 August 1999 | Natural | 220 acres | Carson City District Office | NAT OUT 3 |
| 3 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Carson City District Office | EDWARDS |
| 18 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Carson City District Office | CEDAR |
| 20 June 2017 | Natural | 33 acres | Carson City District Office | ALPINE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Edwards Creek Station (historical): 6 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Gold, Silver, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desatoya Zeolites | Zeolites | Occurrence | ||
| Mineralized Site No. 1 | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Mineralized Site No. 2 | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Cedar Creek | Silver, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Mineralized Site No. 3 | Silver, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Mineralized Site No. 4 | Silver, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Silver, Gold | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clan Alpine (historical) | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Cold Springs | 8.5 miles | 11 | |
| Newpass | 15.9 miles | 9 | |
| Eastgate | 16.0 miles | 9 | |
| Bernice (historical) | 16.7 miles | 9 | |
| Kingston (historical) | 18.5 miles | 21 | |
| Red Top (historical) | 19.2 miles | 21 | |
| Dixie Valley | 20.9 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 854824. 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.