BlockHobson, Nevada
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Cherry Creek census division. The Survey maps it on the Sherman Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Hobson
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Fort RubyNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1934 USGS Jiggs quadrangle1:125000
- 1937 USGS Jiggs quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Sherman Mtn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Sherman Mtn quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Ruby Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
27 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Hobson (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 851 acres in total. 23 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 | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge | FS06 |
| 13 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | JOHNSON |
| 8 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | not named |
| 5 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | PONY |
| 5 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | SHANTYTOWN |
| 4 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | WOODWARDS |
| 31 August 2003 | Natural | 79 acres | Elko District Office | FWS 2 |
| 31 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | USFS 8 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joy (historical) | 8.8 miles | 13 | |
| Simonsen (historical) | 19.6 miles | 13 | |
| Strawberry (historical) | 28.8 miles | 13 | |
| Egan (historical) | 34.9 miles | 11 | |
| Cherry Creek | 36.3 miles | 11 | |
| Newark (historical) | 39.2 miles | 13 | |
| Hunter (historical) | 41.4 miles | 11 | |
| Greens | 41.7 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Hobson (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5875225 | 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 862784. 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.