BlockSecret, Nevada
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Wells census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89823. It stands on Covert Creek. The Survey maps it on the Secret Valley 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
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1935 USGS Halleck quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Secret Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Elko quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Secret (historical) between 2006 and 2020, burning about 155 acres in total. 1 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 | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2006 | Natural | 150 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | SOLDIER |
| 1 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.7 acres | Elko County Fire Protection District | SECRET |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Clover (historical) | 10.3 miles | 12 | |
| Wood (historical) | 10.4 miles | 14 | |
| Warm Creek (historical) | 11.9 miles | 10 | |
| Voight (historical) | 12.9 miles | 12 | |
| Fair Play (historical) | 15.3 miles | 14 | |
| Halleck | 15.5 miles | 12 | |
| Lamoille | 15.8 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 857827. 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.