BlockHogan, Nevada
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Wells census division. The Survey maps it on the Flowery Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1953 USGS Spruce Mountain 4 quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Spruce Mtn 4 quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Wendover quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Flowery Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Hogan between 1997 and 2020, burning about 18,706 acres in total. 8 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 | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | HOGAN |
| 4 August 2019 | Natural | 6,620 acres | Elko District Office | SHAFTER |
| 25 August 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.5 acres | Elko District Office | GOODBYE |
| 8 July 1999 | Natural | 30 acres | Elko District Office | HOGAN |
| 6 July 2017 | Natural | 618 acres | Elko District Office | FLOWER PASS |
| 24 July 2003 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Elko District Office | HOGAN |
| 1 July 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10,907 acres | Elko District Office | HOGAN |
| 8 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Elko District Office | HOGAN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sage | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Spruce | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Decoy | 7.7 miles | 9 | |
| Elaine (historical) | 9.3 miles | 13 | |
| Shafter | 11.2 miles | 9 | |
| Ventosa | 13.4 miles | 10 | |
| Dolly Varden | 14.2 miles | 13 | |
| Black Forest (historical) | 16.5 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856044. 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.