BlockMud Springs, Nevada
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Pioche census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89043. The Survey maps it on the Miller Canyon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 5 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.
- 1956 USGS Lund quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Lund quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Miller Canyon quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Wilson Creek Range quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
28 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Mud Springs between 1996 and 2020, burning about 18,463 acres in total. 27 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 | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2009 | Natural | 296 acres | Ely District Office | QUAKIN ASPEN |
| 5 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ely District Office | JOHNSON |
| 30 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | NATURAL OUT TWELVE |
| 3 August 2000 | Natural | 125 acres | Ely District Office | DELMUEZ |
| 3 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | WALNUT |
| 29 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | HERMITAGE |
| 29 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | HERMITAGE |
| 2 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | PUP 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedarhurst (historical) | 7.2 miles | 5 | |
| Karo (historical) | 12.8 miles | 5 | |
| Wilson Creek (historical) | 14.8 miles | 5 | |
| Atlanta | 16.5 miles | 5 | |
| Newland (historical) | 16.6 miles | 5 | |
| Spring Valley (historical) | 16.6 miles | 5 | |
| Ursine | 20.8 miles | 14 | |
| Deer Lodge (historical) | 24.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856095. 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.