Wood, Nevada

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Wells census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89835. It stands on Chase Creek. The Survey maps it on the Humboldt Peak quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Wood within Elko County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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.

1935 USGS Halleck quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1955 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS Humboldt Peak quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1986 USGS Elko quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

6 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Wood (historical) between 1995 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. 3 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	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Recreation and ceremony	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
22 September 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Elko District Office	NDF 41
5 August 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.9 acres	Elko County Fire Protection District	CLOVER
17 August 1995	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	STEELE LAKE
8 July 2012	Natural	27 acres	Elko District Office	SUNDANCE
3 July 2007	Natural	under an acre	Elko District Office	US93 MM 58
10 July 2012	Natural	21 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	RED POINT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko 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 Wood (historical): 1 past producer. 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
	Lynn Creek Mine	Gold	Past Producer	Placer

Every working recorded in Elko 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
Warm Creek (historical)	6.4 miles	10
Tobar (historical)	7.9 miles	10
Clover (historical)	10.2 miles	12
Secret (historical)	10.4 miles	12
Arthur	10.9 miles	12
Ventosa	12.8 miles	10
Welcome	14.1 miles	10
Wells	14.9 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 862752. 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.