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Bard, Nevada

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Clark census division. The Survey maps it on the Sloan quadrangle.

Bard within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

43 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Bard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 56 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/undetermined19
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural3
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks2
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeDEER BASIN
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
7 August 2005Natural13 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeBLUE
7 August 2005Natural30 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeARDEN
6 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeTORTOISE
4 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeBLOCK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Bard: 4 occurrences, 3 prospects, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 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
Manske ClaimGold, SilverPast 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
Jean-Sloan Area Uranium Locality 4UraniumOccurrence
Jean-Sloan Area Uranium Locality 5UraniumOccurrence

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
Arden2.1 miles24
Exploration Peak Park2.5 miles24
Mountain's Edge2.6 miles24
Enterprise2.6 miles24
Sloan3.2 miles27
Boulder Junction6.8 miles24
Erie8.1 miles26
Spring Valley8.3 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 855964. 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.