Islen, Nevada
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Caliente census division. It lies in Islen Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Islen quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1885 USGS Pioche quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1886 USGS Pioche quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Caliente quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Caliente quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Islen quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Caliente quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
118 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Islen between 1992 and 2019, burning about 6,262 acres in total. 108 started naturally. 1 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 | 108 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | STNP41 |
| 6 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | ECCLES |
| 4 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | FLAT TOP |
| 20 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | BARK |
| 19 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | CLAY |
| 1 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | NAT OUT EIGHT |
| 8 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | LINX ASSIST THREE |
| 8 August 2001 | Natural | 10 acres | Ely District Office | ISLEN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Islen: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Perlite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Perlite Deposit | Perlite | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Islen in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Islen | - | This gust was measured at the Ella Mtn. fire lookout tower. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barclay | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Crossroads | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Joseco | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Acoma | 8.0 miles | 14 | |
| Eccles | 8.3 miles | 14 | |
| Kershaw (historical) | 11.3 miles | 15 | |
| Brown | 11.3 miles | 14 | |
| Caliente | 11.7 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122565662 | 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 845516. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





