BlockEllison, Nevada
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Golconda census division. The Survey maps it on the Ellison quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 20 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.
- 1932 USGS Sonoma Range quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1939 USGS Sonoma Range quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Ellison quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Ellison between 1993 and 2018, burning about 675 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 19 acres | Winnemucca District Office | MOTE |
| 8 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Winnemucca District Office | FREEWAY |
| 8 August 2002 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Winnemucca District Office | VVFD ASS 1 |
| 6 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | 214 |
| 17 July 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | VALMYDUMP |
| 1 July 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 648 acres | Winnemucca District Office | TREATY |
| 19 June 2002 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Winnemucca District Office | VVFD ASSIST 1 |
| 31 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | MM 215 |
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 Ellison: 1 unknown, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Molybdenum, Gold, Tungsten. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hs | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Iron Canyon | Molybdenum | Unknown | ||
| Tungsten Associates | Tungsten | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stone House (historical) | 4.0 miles | 20 | |
| Valmy | 4.2 miles | 20 | |
| Knight | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Herrin | 7.0 miles | 19 | |
| Iron Point (historical) | 11.7 miles | 22 | |
| Red House | 12.9 miles | 19 | |
| Comus | 16.0 miles | 16 | |
| Preble | 18.2 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856021. 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.