BlockFenelon, Nevada
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Montello census division. The Survey maps it on the Holborn quadrangle.
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 Wells quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Holborn quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Wells quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Fenelon between 1993 and 2020, burning about 6,070 acres in total. 11 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 | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | 1,978 acres | Elko District Office | PEQUOP |
| 6 August 2000 | Natural | 50 acres | Elko District Office | MULE |
| 26 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Elko District Office | HOLBURN 1 |
| 24 August 1993 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Elko District Office | HOLBURN |
| 10 August 2020 | Natural | 24 acres | Elko District Office | MARYS |
| 4 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | THREE MORE |
| 3 July 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Elko District Office | RALPH |
| 3 July 2001 | Natural | 3,497 acres | Elko District Office | W PEQUOPS |
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 Fenelon: 5 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rytting Mine | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Rytting Mine | Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| Pequop | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Pequop Spring | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Pumice Occurrence | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Pumice Occurrence | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| South Pequop | Pumice | Occurrence |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122567237 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856026. 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.