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Arden, Nevada

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Clark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89139. It lies near Exploration Peak. The Survey maps it on the Las Vegas SW quadrangle. It stands 2,484 feet above sea level.

Arden within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

70 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Arden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 22 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning6
Fireworks6
Natural3
Arson/incendiarism2

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 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeCCFD 13 FORT
21 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeCCFD 13
17 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeCCFD 5
16 September 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeUPRR
8 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeCACTUS 2
6 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeTORTOISE
4 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeBLOCK
25 August 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeMERCEDES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Arden: 3 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Silica, Magnesite, Calcium, Limestone, General. 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
Chemstar PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Honey Comb MineGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Sloan Limestone QuarryMagnesite, CalciumOccurrence1910, 1914
Sloan Quarry & MillLimestone, GeneralProducer
Arden QuarriesSilicaPast Producer
Bard DepositSilicaPast Producer
Jean-Sloan Area Locality 3UraniumProspect
Jean-Sloan Area Uranium Locality 1UraniumProspect

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms near this place

22 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arden in 22 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 10 flash flood, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2014Heavy RainArden$100,000Rain in the Las Vegas Valley contributed to 30 vehicle accidents with 18 minor injuries.
August 2013LightningArden$50,000Lightning struck and set fire to a house in the Southern Highlands neighborhood.
July 2022Flash FloodArden$25,000Multiple intersections were flooded, large rocks washed into a road near Mountains Edge, and water poured into at least two casinos through the ceilings and walls.
July 2019FloodArden$25,000Several hours after a thunderstorm, water flowing through a wash overcame a berm and spilled into a neighborhood. Cars were stranded, and the water was waist deep in places. Water neared, but did not enter, homes. It took until the next morning for the water to recede (thus, this event continued into August).
October 2025Flash FloodArden$20,000Two cars were stuck in floodwaters and one to two feet of debris on Arville Street between Silverado Ranch Boulevard and Serene Avenue.
July 2022Flash FloodArden$2,000Flooded roads near the intersection of Decatur and Silverado Ranch stranded 15 to 20 cars.
July 2022Flash FloodArden$2,000Water covered the intersections of Blue Diamond and Rainbow, and Blue Diamond and Pioneer.
June 2019Dust DevilArden$2,000A dust devil picked up a trash can and threw it through the windshield of a parked vehicle.
August 2013Flash FloodArden$2,000Water three feet deep flowed across Dean Martin Drive at Cactus Avenue, and the intersection of Cactus and Bermuda was also impassable.
August 2012Flash FloodArden$2,000The following intersections had flowing water with mud and rocks: Rainbow and Landberg, Jo Rae and Jones, and Silverado Ranch and Decatur.
August 2023Flash FloodArden$1,000The intersection of Hunting Hawk Rd and Canyon Diablo Rd was flooded.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindArden$1,000Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree.
July 2021Flash FloodArden$1,000The intersection of Blue Diamond Road and Rainbow Boulevard was closed due to flooding.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindArden$1,000Thunderstorm winds downed two trees at the intersection of Rainbow and Erie in Las Vegas.
July 2019Flash FloodArden$1,000Six to eight inches of water flowed through the intersection of Blue Diamond and Rainbow.
July 2014Flash FloodArden$1,000Six to 12 inches of water flowed over Durango Drive at and north of Blue Diamond Road. The Blue Diamond Channel ALERT recorded 1.10 inches of rain in 30 minutes.
August 2019FloodArden-This event began in July and continued into August. The details of the event are included in July's publication.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindArden-This gust occurred at Sierra Vista High School.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindArden-no account filed
September 2023HailArden-no account filed
August 2016HailArden-no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindArden-no account filed

Every storm 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
Enterprise0.8 miles24
Mountain's Edge0.8 miles24
Exploration Peak Park2.0 miles24
Bard2.1 miles27
Boulder Junction4.7 miles24
Sloan5.2 miles27
Spring Valley6.3 miles24
Bracken6.5 miles24

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 ArdenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3709614The 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 838496. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.