Voight, Nevada

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Elko census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89828. It lies near Thorpe Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Halleck SW quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Voight within Elko County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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
1971 USGS Halleck SW quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Elko quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

22 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Voight (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 756 acres in total. 10 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	10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Debris and open burning	2

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
5 August 2012	Natural	264 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	COLD CREEK
22 August 2005	Natural	170 acres	Elko District Office	HOOPER RANCH
10 August 2014	Natural	24 acres	Elko District Office	SOLDIER
5 July 2002	Natural	60 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	COLD
5 July 2002	Natural	5.0 acres	Elko District Office	SHEEP RANC
5 July 2002	Natural	under an acre	Elko District Office	ROCK
5 July 2002	Natural	under an acre	Elko District Office	SOLDIER
26 July 2004	Natural	3.5 acres	Elko District Office	THORPE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Voight (historical): 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, Dimension. 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
	Bald Mtn	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Occurrence
	Marble Occurrence	Marble, Dimension	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Elko County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Lamoille	3.2 miles	15
Pleasant Valley	5.3 miles	10
Spring Creek	8.3 miles	10
Brennen Ranch	8.8 miles	10
Elburz	12.0 miles	11
Secret (historical)	12.9 miles	12
Halleck	13.0 miles	12
Arthur	13.3 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 862753. 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.