BlockGoshute, Nevada
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Wells census division. The Survey maps it on the Goshute Lake North 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 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 Elko quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Goshute Lake North quadrangle1:24000
- 1987 USGS Currie quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Goshute (historical) in 2019, burning about 16 acres 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2019 | Natural | 16 acres | Elko District Office | CURRIE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Currie | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Mizpah | 15.7 miles | 9 | |
| Dolly Varden | 27.4 miles | 13 | |
| Sprucemont | 27.6 miles | 13 | |
| Black Forest (historical) | 27.9 miles | 13 | |
| Decoy | 36.5 miles | 9 | |
| Elaine (historical) | 39.4 miles | 13 | |
| Hogan | 40.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856039. 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.