BlockStone House, Nevada
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Golconda census division. It stands on Cottonwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Valmy quadrangle. It stands 4,459 feet above sea level. 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 20 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 Valmy quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Stone House (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,026 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 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 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | MM 210 |
| 8 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Winnemucca District Office | FREEWAY |
| 8 August 2002 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Winnemucca District Office | VVFD ASS 1 |
| 6 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | 214 |
| 20 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | STONEHOUSE |
| 17 August 1999 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Winnemucca District Office | MM126 |
| 8 July 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | POWERLINE |
| 5 July 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Winnemucca District Office | MM 215 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Stone House (historical): 6 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Silica, Molybdenum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Occurrence | Copper | Unknown | ||
| Iron Canyon | Molybdenum | Unknown | ||
| Jasper Claims | Gold, Silver, Copper, Barium-Barite | Occurrence | Gold, Malachite | |
| Lone Tree Mine | Gold, Silver, Antimony, Copper, Arsenic, Mercury | Producer | 1989, 1991 | |
| Lone Tree Mine | Gold, Silver, Mercury | Plant | 1989, 1991 | |
| Lone Tree/Stonehouse Mine Area | Gold, Silver, Arsenic, Antimony, Mercury, Copper | Producer | 1989, 1991, 2005 | |
| Stonehouse Adits | Manganese, Gold | Unknown | ||
| Stonehouse Deposit | Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Arsenic, Antimony, Mercury, Thallium | Prospect | 1988 | |
| Tungsten Associates | Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quartzite Occurrence | Silica | 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.
| Wikipedia article on Stone House (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3458409 | 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 858334. 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.