BlockO'Neil, Nevada
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Jackpot census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89835. It stands on Canyon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Buckhorn Ridge quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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 Wells quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Elk Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Jarbidge Mts quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Buckhorn Ridge quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of O'Neil (historical) between 1996 and 2011, burning about 1,590 acres in total. 5 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | GOSHUTE |
| 3 August 1999 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Elko District Office | INDEPENDAN |
| 14 August 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Elko District Office | ONEIL |
| 22 July 2002 | Natural | 45 acres | Elko District Office | POLE |
| 16 July 2007 | Natural | 1,285 acres | Elko District Office | BLACK MOUNTAIN |
| 15 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Elko District Office | TWIN MEADOWS |
| 27 October 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Elko District Office | ONEILBASIN |
| 10 October 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 acres | Elko District Office | ONEIL SCHO |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morlan (historical) | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Riverside (historical) | 11.7 miles | 9 | |
| Henry | 11.7 miles | 9 | |
| Contact | 14.0 miles | 11 | |
| Morton (historical) | 18.1 miles | 11 | |
| San Jacinto | 18.9 miles | 10 | |
| Shores | 20.4 miles | 9 | |
| Schoer Place | 21.4 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 862760. 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.