BlockMcCoy, Nevada
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Baker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89301. It stands on McCoy Creek. The Survey maps it on the South Schell Peak 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
7 surveys from 18 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.
- 1952 USGS Ely quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Schell Peaks quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS South Schell Peak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Ely quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
22 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of McCoy (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,161 acres in total. 18 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 | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | TAFT CREEK |
| 13 September 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | DOE CANYON |
| 13 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | WICKED SKID |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | DIRTY |
| 5 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | RANGER CREEK |
| 5 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | FIRECAT |
| 4 August 1999 | Natural | 500 acres | Ely District Office | TAFT CREEK |
| 28 August 2008 | Natural | 20 acres | Ely District Office | USFS ASSIST NINE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robinson (historical) | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Yelland (historical) | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Taft (historical) | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Bassett (historical) | 5.9 miles | 18 | |
| Cleveland (historical) | 8.5 miles | 12 | |
| Steptoe | 12.7 miles | 19 | |
| Adverse | 13.1 miles | 19 | |
| McGill | 13.4 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 858447. 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.