BlockNivloc, Nevada
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Silver Peak census division. It lies near Cottonwood Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Mohawk Mine quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 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.
- 1898 USGS Silver Peak quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Silver Peak quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1908 USGS Lida quadrangle1:250000
- 1913 USGS Lida quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Goldfield quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Goldfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Goldfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Goldfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Piper Peak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Goldfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Mohawk Mine quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Nivloc between 1995 and 2000, burning under an acre in total. 2 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 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | RED MTN |
| 22 June 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | MINERAL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Nivloc: 12 past producers, 9 occurrences, 5 producers, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Lead, Silver, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 To 1 Mine | Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Manganese, Lead | Producer | 1920 | |
| 16 to 1 Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper, Antimony | Producer | 1920 | |
| Mohawk Mine | Silver, Gold, Lead, Uranium, Vanadium, Copper, Zinc | Producer | 1920 | |
| Mohawk Mine | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Nivloc Mine | Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Northeast Zombie Claims | Silver, Manganese, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Patience Claims | Copper, Silver, Gold, Barium-Barite, Mercury, Manganese, Arsenic, Strontium | Occurrence | Barite, Copper | |
| Sanger | Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Sanger Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Manganese, Zinc | Producer | 1920, 1922 | |
| Silver Peak Gold | Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Antimony | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coyote Hole | 6.1 miles | 23 | |
| Stimler (historical) | 6.4 miles | 23 | |
| Silver Peak | 7.1 miles | 23 | |
| Blair | 7.9 miles | 23 | |
| Alum (historical) | 14.2 miles | 23 | |
| Fish Lake (historical) | 14.8 miles | 23 | |
| The Crossing | 15.5 miles | 23 | |
| Dyer | 16.6 miles | 22 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122553536 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 851592. 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.