BlockMount Airy, Nevada
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Austin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89310. It stands on Mount Airy. The Survey maps it on the Mount Airy quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Millett quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Millett quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Mount Airy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Edwards Creek Valley quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Mount Airy between 1997 and 2016, burning about 2 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 4 were 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 | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
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 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | MT AIRY |
| 1 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | MT. AIRY |
| 29 July 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | MM 8 |
| 29 May 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | MM8 |
| 28 May 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | AVFD A1 |
| 4 October 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | MM 10 |
| 4 October 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | HIGHWAY 50 |
| 4 October 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | MM 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petersons Mill | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Jacobsville (historical) | 10.5 miles | 9 | |
| Gweenah (historical) | 10.7 miles | 9 | |
| Skookum (historical) | 11.0 miles | 9 | |
| Canon City | 13.7 miles | 12 | |
| Lander City (historical) | 14.5 miles | 12 | |
| Maestretti (historical) | 15.6 miles | 10 | |
| Clifton (historical) | 15.9 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856094. 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.