BlockKnight, Nevada
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Golconda census division. The Survey maps it on the Knight quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 19 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.
- 1932 USGS Sonoma Range quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1939 USGS Sonoma Range quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Knight quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Knight between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,002 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 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | STONEHOUSE |
| 5 July 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | VPOWER |
| 4 July 2001 | Natural | 254 acres | Winnemucca District Office | VALMY 2 |
| 13 July 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | MM213 |
| 1 July 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 648 acres | Winnemucca District Office | TREATY |
| 11 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | MM 211 |
| 21 May 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | VALMY |
| 12 March 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Winnemucca District Office | WHITE HOUS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Knight: 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mustang Claim | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Hot Pot Hot Spring | Geothermal | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herrin | 3.7 miles | 19 | |
| Stone House (historical) | 4.8 miles | 20 | |
| Ellison | 4.9 miles | 20 | |
| Iron Point (historical) | 7.1 miles | 22 | |
| Valmy | 7.9 miles | 20 | |
| Red House | 8.0 miles | 19 | |
| Comus | 11.2 miles | 16 | |
| Preble | 13.8 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856061. 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.