BlockForks Station, Nevada
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Goldfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89013. The Survey maps it on the Stonewall Pass quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1908 USGS Lida quadrangle1:250000
- 1913 USGS Lida quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Goldfield quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Goldfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Goldfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Goldfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Stonewall Pass quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Last Chance Range quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Forks Station in 2000, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | LIDA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Forks Station: 15 past producers, 9 occurrences, 1 plant, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sulfur, Mercury, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuprite | Silica, Sulfur, Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Cuprite Copper Deposits | Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Iron | Past Producer | 1905 | |
| Cuprite Mining Co | Copper, Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Oldt Claim | Copper, Silver, Lead | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Sarcobatus Mill | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1982 | |
| Tri-Metallic Mining Co. Property | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Copper Belle Claims | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Cuprite | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Deep Gulch Mine | Aluminum, Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| Earth Sciences Ctr East Deposit | Aluminum, Potassium | Occurrence | 1905 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cuprite (historical) | 2.5 miles | 20 | |
| Tokop | 14.3 miles | 17 | |
| Gold Point | 14.4 miles | 17 | |
| Florence Hill | 14.9 miles | 20 | |
| Goldfield | 15.1 miles | 20 | |
| Jumbotown (historical) | 15.4 miles | 20 | |
| Columbia (historical) | 16.1 miles | 20 | |
| West Spring | 16.6 miles | 17 |
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 Q122552711 | 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 851653. 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.