BlockGranite, Nevada
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Walker River census division. The Survey maps it on the Hussman Spring 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
10 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.
- 1909 USGS Hawthorne quadrangle1:250000
- 1911 USGS Hawthorne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1915 USGS Hawthorne quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Schurz quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Hussman Spring quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Granite (historical) between 2000 and 2017, burning about 122 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Carson City District Office | WNA 22 |
| 5 July 2017 | Natural | 3.5 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | MAYBERRY |
| 25 July 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Carson City District Office | WNA 5 |
| 8 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 110 acres | Western Nevada Agency | SCHURZ |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Granite (historical): 17 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Lead, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beach Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Chalcocite, Copper, Pyrite | |
| Lincoln No. 1 | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Reservation Hill | Gold, Lead, Zinc, Silver | Occurrence | Pyrite | |
| Tede Boy Claims | Tungsten, Copper, Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Big Twenty Mine | Silver, Gold | Past Producer | 1904 | |
| Granite | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Howard | Tungsten | Unknown | ||
| Howard Mine | Tungsten | Past Producer | Scheelite | |
| Mountain View Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Mountain View Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1904, 1908 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain View (historical) | 1.2 miles | 20 | |
| Reservation (historical) | 5.8 miles | 24 | |
| Schurz | 5.9 miles | 20 | |
| Loma (historical) | 6.4 miles | 24 | |
| Copper Run | 10.5 miles | 20 | |
| Copper Hill (historical) | 14.5 miles | 20 | |
| Avalon | 16.7 miles | 20 | |
| Rand (historical) | 18.7 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 847907. 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.