BlockHuntington, Nevada
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Elko census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89815. It stands on Brown Creek. The Survey maps it on the Frost Creek 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
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 Jiggs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Frost Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Ruby Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Huntington (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 17,799 acres in total. 15 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 | 15 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | SARAH |
| 23 September 2005 | Natural | 1,180 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | HASTINGS |
| 7 August 2020 | Natural | 76 acres | Elko District Office | PEARL |
| 4 August 2019 | Natural | 16,526 acres | Elko District Office | CORTA |
| 20 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | LATTIN |
| 18 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | SESTANOVICH |
| 18 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | FROST CYN |
| 17 August 1997 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Elko District Office | MITCHELL |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman (historical) | 10.0 miles | 15 | |
| Jiggs | 10.3 miles | 15 | |
| Cavecreek (historical) | 11.1 miles | 11 | |
| Dry Creek | 11.8 miles | 15 | |
| Shanty Town | 12.1 miles | 15 | |
| Ruby Valley | 13.4 miles | 12 | |
| Rock House | 17.3 miles | 12 | |
| Lee | 20.5 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 850845. 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.