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Acoma, Nevada

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Pioche census division. The Survey maps it on the Acoma quadrangle.

Acoma within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

Fires near this place

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Acoma between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,387 acres in total. 73 started naturally. 3 were 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
Natural73
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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 1994Naturalunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeSEVENTYTWO
6 September 1994Naturalunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeSEVENTY
3 September 2018Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeFA TWENTYTHREE
3 September 1998Natural6.0 acresEly District OfficeBALLYKNOLL
24 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreEly District OfficeBEAVERDAM3
23 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreEly District OfficeBEAVERDAM2
23 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreEly District OfficeBEAVERDAM1
9 August 2006Natural2.0 acresEly District OfficeHORTON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Acoma: 7 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Perlite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Acoma PerlitePerliteOccurrence
Acoma PerlitePerliteOccurrence
Boykin PerlitePerliteOccurrence
Boykin PerlitePerliteOccurrence
Unnamed Perlite DepositPerliteOccurrence
Unnamed Perlite DepositPerliteOccurrence
Unnamed Perlite DepositPerliteOccurrence1945, 1981

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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
Joseco4.4 miles14
Brown4.6 miles14
Crossroads4.6 miles14
Barclay4.8 miles14
Islen8.0 miles14
Crestline8.3 miles14
Horseshoe Bend9.6 miles14
Eccles14.5 miles14

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.

Wikipedia article on AcomaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q54959650The 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 854873. 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.