BlockWarm Creek, 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 in ZIP code area 89835. It stands on Wiseman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Snow Water Lake quadrangle. 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
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 Snow Water Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Wendover quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Warm Creek (historical) between 2001 and 2020, burning about 2,179 acres in total. 8 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 | 8 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Elko District Office | NDF 41 |
| 24 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | GREEK SPRING |
| 15 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | GOAT |
| 13 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | HASTINGS |
| 5 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | S CLOVER |
| 4 July 2001 | Natural | 1,954 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | EGBERT/SNOW WATER |
| 3 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | US93 MM 58 |
| 28 July 2005 | Natural | 221 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | RATTLESNAKE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clover (historical) | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Wood (historical) | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Tobar (historical) | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Ventosa | 9.9 miles | 10 | |
| Arthur | 11.1 miles | 12 | |
| Secret (historical) | 11.9 miles | 12 | |
| Elaine (historical) | 12.4 miles | 13 | |
| Spruce | 17.3 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 857509. 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.