BlockSpruce, Nevada
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Wells census division. It lies near Rockland. The Survey maps it on the Independence Valley SW quadrangle. It stands 5,604 feet above sea level.
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
- 1968 USGS Independence Valley SW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Wendover quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Spruce between 1997 and 2020, burning about 554 acres in total. 7 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 | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Elko District Office | TOBAR ROAD |
| 9 August 2019 | Natural | 6.3 acres | Elko District Office | TARGET |
| 7 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | HOGAN |
| 7 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | INDIAN |
| 2 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | BLUFF |
| 8 July 1999 | Natural | 30 acres | Elko District Office | HOGAN |
| 24 July 2003 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Elko District Office | HOGAN |
| 2 July 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Elko District Office | UP MM 747 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hogan | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Sage | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Elaine (historical) | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Ventosa | 8.7 miles | 10 | |
| Shafter | 12.0 miles | 9 | |
| Decoy | 12.6 miles | 9 | |
| Tobar (historical) | 14.0 miles | 10 | |
| Warm Creek (historical) | 17.3 miles | 10 |
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 Q7581381 | 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 856140. 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.