BlockWimer Place, Nevada
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the High Desert census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89412. It stands on Willow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Calcutta Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1889 USGS Long Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Vya quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Vya quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Vya quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Calcutta Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Vya quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
34 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Wimer Place between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,552 acres in total. 34 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 | 34 |
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 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | YELLOW |
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | ANTELOPE |
| 6 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | ROCK |
| 6 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | WIMER |
| 5 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | WILLOW |
| 3 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | SEVEN |
| 24 August 1999 | Natural | 533 acres | Northern California District | WEIMER |
| 23 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | MOSQUITO 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wimer Place: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Occurrence | Gold | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diessner (historical) | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Beulah (historical) | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Vya | 15.9 miles | 11 | |
| Andys Place | 18.1 miles | 11 | |
| Swedes Place | 41.9 miles | 10 | |
| Reederville | 46.1 miles | 10 | |
| Hot Springs (historical) | 68.0 miles | 18 | |
| Deep Hole | 75.6 miles | 20 |
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 Q122553314 | 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 856173. 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.