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Amber, Nevada

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Clark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89021. It stands on Logan Wash. The Survey maps it on the Overton quadrangle.

Amber within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

30 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Amber between 1994 and 2020, burning about 39 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Natural4
Fireworks3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning2
Firearms and explosives use1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
8 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeBOWMAN
3 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeMESA
24 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeMORMON MESA
20 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeMM93
2 August 2005Naturalunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeGLASSLAND
16 August 2020Firearms and explosives useunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeLOGAN
16 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeCCFD 6
7 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeCCFD 13

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Amber: 5 past producers, 5 producers, 3 prospects, 2 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Silica, Geothermal. 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
Las Vegas Cement PlantCalciumProducer
Hyer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Leavitt Ready MixSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Red Gorge PitSilicaPast Producer
Simplot Silica Pro., Mill No.2SilicaPast Producer
Unnamed SpringGeothermalProducer
W. Whipple WellGeothermalProducer
Anderson PropertyGypsum-AnhydriteProspect
White Star No. 2 MineGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
White-Grow Gypsum Co. PitGypsum-AnhydriteProducer

Every working recorded in Clark 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
Logandale0.9 miles21
Moapa Valley2.3 miles21
Saint Joseph (historical)3.4 miles21
Jackman3.4 miles20
Glassand3.9 miles21
Simonsville (historical)4.1 miles21
Old Overton (historical)4.3 miles21
Overton5.1 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 855948. 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.