Morlan, Nevada

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Jarbidge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89835. It stands on Sun Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gilmer Ranch quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Morlan within Elko County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1955 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Gilmer Ranch quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Jarbidge Mts quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

6 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Morlan (historical) between 1999 and 2017, burning about 4,866 acres in total. 6 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	6

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
3 August 1999	Natural	4.0 acres	Elko District Office	INDEPENDAN
23 August 2017	Natural	1.3 acres	Elko District Office	COLD SPRINGS
2 August 2000	Natural	under an acre	Elko District Office	FSASSIST2
14 August 2011	Natural	4,846 acres	Elko District Office	SALMON
14 August 2006	Natural	15 acres	Elko District Office	GILMER
27 June 2006	Natural	under an acre	Elko District Office	ONEIL BASIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
O'Neil (historical)	6.6 miles	13
Morton (historical)	11.5 miles	11
Henry	14.1 miles	9
Riverside (historical)	15.1 miles	9
Afton (historical)	16.0 miles	9
Schoer Place	18.0 miles	11
Contact	18.5 miles	11
Shores	19.4 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 850838. 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.