BlockPyramid, Nevada
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Pyramid Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89510. It lies near Poison Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Pyramid SW quadrangle. It stands 3,901 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 18 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.
- 1886 USGS Granite Range quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Granite Range quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1955 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Pyramid SW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Kumiva Peak quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
30 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Pyramid between 1992 and 2019, burning about 6,744 acres in total. 21 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 | 21 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Carson City District Office | WITTE |
| 5 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Carson City District Office | RED LIGHT |
| 24 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Carson City District Office | WNA 15 |
| 21 August 2004 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Carson City District Office | WNA 12 |
| 21 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Carson City District Office | WNA 13 |
| 2 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Carson City District Office | BIG CANYON |
| 5 July 2019 | Fireworks | under an acre | Carson City District Office | WARRIOR POINT |
| 5 July 2013 | Fireworks | under an acre | Carson City District Office | WARRIOR POINT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Pyramid: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Calcium, Clay, Diatomite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zenobia Clay Deposit #2 | Calcium, Clay, Diatomite | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Zenobia Clay Deposit #4 | Calcium, Clay, Diatomite | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Zenobia Clay Prospect #3 | Calcium, Clay, Diatomite | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zenobia | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Sutcliffe | 10.1 miles | 23 | |
| Flanigan | 11.8 miles | 20 | |
| Sand Pass | 13.5 miles | 18 | |
| Pyramid (historical) | 15.2 miles | 22 | |
| Upper Pyramid (historical) | 16.5 miles | 22 | |
| Sano | 18.4 miles | 19 | |
| Nashville | 20.9 miles | 24 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Pyramid | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16898917 | 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 843007. 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.