Willow Point, Nevada

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1882 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Golconda census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89445. It stands on Martin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Willow Point quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Willow Point within Humboldt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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.

1882 USGS Paradise quadrangle1:250000
1893 USGS Paradise quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1955 USGS McDermitt quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Paradise Valley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1959 USGS McDermitt quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Osgood Mts quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Willow Point quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

15 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Willow Point (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 686 acres in total. 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Smoking	2
Natural	2
Other causes	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
7 September 1995	Smoking	349 acres	Winnemucca District Office	JUNCTION
5 September 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Humboldt County	WESTERN
5 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	RANCHO
18 September 1999	Natural	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	POLELINE
9 August 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	MM 18
30 August 1999	Other causes	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	101 RANCH
10 August 2001	Natural	10 acres	Winnemucca District Office	DUTCH FLAT
9 June 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	2.8 acres	Winnemucca District Office	BLOODY RUN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Willow Point (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper. 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
	Charleston Hill	Tungsten, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Humboldt 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
Paradise Hill	4.6 miles	16
Amos (historical)	14.1 miles	16
Bliss	15.6 miles	16
Daveytown	15.8 miles	16
Tule	16.1 miles	16
Paradise Valley	16.9 miles	16
Weso	17.4 miles	16
Awakening	18.3 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 848220. 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.