BlockWelcome, Nevada
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Wells census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89835. It stands on Clover Creek. The Survey maps it on the Welcome quadrangle. It stands 5,686 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Wells quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Welcome quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Double Mtn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
28 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Welcome between 1997 and 2020, burning about 140 acres in total. 15 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 | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2018 | Natural | 43 acres | Elko District Office | BLAZE |
| 5 September 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Elko District Office | GROUND BLOOM |
| 29 September 2003 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Elko District Office | RRHOWLRNCH |
| 11 September 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.4 acres | Elko County Fire Protection District | GAME |
| 10 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Elko District Office | SOUTH WELCOME |
| 1 September 2002 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | ANGEL LAKE |
| 8 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | STARR |
| 8 August 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | HERDER CREEK |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tulasco | 2.2 miles | 10 | |
| Alazon | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Wells | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Deeth | 9.3 miles | 10 | |
| Wood (historical) | 14.1 miles | 14 | |
| Moor | 15.4 miles | 11 | |
| Tobar (historical) | 18.1 miles | 10 | |
| Melandco | 19.0 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 Q22060864 | 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 861933. 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.