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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.

Willow Grove within White Pine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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.

Fires near this place

14 since 1995

Regional 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
Natural13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeNAT OUT SEVEN
2 September 1995Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestCORDUROY
10 September 1997Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestHR BAKER
25 August 2003Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeWHITE RIVE
12 August 2001Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeBLKJCK 4
8 July 1999Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeLICORICE
4 July 2001Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeWEST
3 July 2001Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeNAT OUT 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in White Pine 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Barnes (historical)8.5 miles6
Stockville (historical)8.5 miles6
Preston13.4 miles7
Douglas13.4 miles6
Eberhardt16.3 miles15
Menken (historical)17.2 miles15
Green Springs17.3 miles15
Shermantown17.6 miles15

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.