Morton, Nevada

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

Morton within Elko County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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 Hot Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Jarbidge Mts quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

8 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Morton (historical) between 2000 and 2019, burning about 4,262 acres in total. 8 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	8

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
4 September 2019	Natural	under an acre	Elko District Office	HOT CREEK 2
4 September 2019	Natural	1.0 acres	Elko District Office	HOT CREEK 1
5 August 2013	Natural	212 acres	Elko District Office	HOT CREEK
2 August 2000	Natural	4,000 acres	Elko District Office	WILDCAT
14 August 2006	Natural	10 acres	Elko District Office	DIXON
30 July 2017	Natural	34 acres	Elko District Office	STORMY
30 July 2016	Natural	3.9 acres	Elko District Office	GIBBS
16 July 2007	Natural	under an acre	Elko District Office	ONEIL BASIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Morton (historical): 1 occurrence, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite. 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
	Chopper Ron	Barium-Barite	Occurrence
	Stormy Creek	Barium-Barite	Plant	1981

Every working 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
Afton (historical)	8.2 miles	9
Morlan (historical)	11.5 miles	10
Schoer Place	16.2 miles	11
Charleston	17.3 miles	17
O'Neil (historical)	18.1 miles	13
Bayard (historical)	18.1 miles	17
Shores	21.9 miles	9
Henry	22.2 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 857779. 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.