BlockSilver Zone, Nevada
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Montello census division. The Survey maps it on the Silver Zone Pass quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 Elko quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Silver Zone Pass quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Wendover quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Silver Zone between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,285 acres in total. 14 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 | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Elko District Office | 394 |
| 12 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | TOANO 1 |
| 12 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | TOANO 2 |
| 9 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | SHAFTER |
| 8 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | SILVERZONE |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | SHAFTER |
| 7 August 1998 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Elko District Office | SPRING R |
| 6 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.9 acres | Elko County Fire Protection District | COYOTE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Silver Zone: 6 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Silver, Silver, Lead, Copper, Tungsten. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hice Prospect | Tungsten, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Keystone | Silver, Lead, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1875, 1918 | |
| Rare Metals | Tungsten, Lead | Past Producer | Galena, Scheelite | |
| Silver Hoard | Silver, Copper, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| Nickel Duke | Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Hice Prospect 9 | Tungsten | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Rare Metals | Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Silver Zone Pass | Tungsten | Producer | Scheelite | |
| Silver Zone Pass | Tungsten | Occurrence |
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.
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 Q122588443 | 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 856379. 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.