Tippett, Nevada
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Baker census division. It stands on Tippett Lake. The Survey maps it on the Tippett quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1956 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Tippett quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Kern Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Tippett in 2017, burning under an acre 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | TUNNEL |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regan (historical) | 10.9 miles | 11 | |
| Stonehouse | 11.8 miles | 11 | |
| Glencoe (historical) | 16.1 miles | 11 | |
| Centerville (historical) | 16.2 miles | 11 | |
| Siegel (historical) | 16.4 miles | 11 | |
| Aurum (historical) | 16.9 miles | 11 | |
| Parker (historical) | 17.5 miles | 11 | |
| Tungstonia (historical) | 17.6 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 845710. 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.




