Willow Grove, Nevada
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Lund census division. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Willow Grove quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1949 USGS Treasure Hill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Treasure Hill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Mt. Hamilton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Willow Grove quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Willow Grove between 1995 and 2019, burning about 1,594 acres in total. 13 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 | 13 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | NAT OUT SEVEN |
| 2 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | CORDUROY |
| 10 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | HR BAKER |
| 25 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | WHITE RIVE |
| 12 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | BLKJCK 4 |
| 8 July 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | LICORICE |
| 4 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | WEST |
| 3 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | NAT OUT 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnes (historical) | 8.5 miles | 6 | |
| Stockville (historical) | 8.5 miles | 6 | |
| Preston | 13.4 miles | 7 | |
| Douglas | 13.4 miles | 6 | |
| Eberhardt | 16.3 miles | 15 | |
| Menken (historical) | 17.2 miles | 15 | |
| Green Springs | 17.3 miles | 15 | |
| Shermantown | 17.6 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 865030. 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.






