BlockRed House, Nevada
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Golconda census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89414. The Survey maps it on the Knight quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 19 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.
- 1932 USGS Sonoma Range quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1939 USGS Sonoma Range quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Knight quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Red House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 950 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 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | JIMCEE |
| 24 August 2020 | Natural | 18 acres | Winnemucca District Office | HERRIN |
| 4 July 2001 | Natural | 254 acres | Winnemucca District Office | VALMY 2 |
| 19 July 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 7.1 acres | Humboldt County | SPRING |
| 30 June 2000 | Natural | 60 acres | Winnemucca District Office | VALMY |
| 29 May 2009 | Natural | 45 acres | Winnemucca District Office | IRON POINT |
| 2 May 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 200 acres | Winnemucca District Office | GRINDER |
| 17 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Winnemucca District Office | RED HOUSE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red House in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Red House | $2,000 | Law enforcement reported at least 2 feet of water with mud and debris flowing across state route 789 near mile marker 6 with roadway beginning to wash out. Property damage estimated. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Point (historical) | 3.7 miles | 22 | |
| Comus | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Herrin | 7.7 miles | 19 | |
| Knight | 8.0 miles | 19 | |
| Preble | 8.1 miles | 23 | |
| Stone House (historical) | 11.7 miles | 20 | |
| Ellison | 12.9 miles | 20 | |
| Golconda | 13.1 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856115. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.