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Bowlerville, Nevada

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pahrump census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89060. It lies near Mount Schader. The Survey maps it on the Mount Schader quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bowlerville within Nye County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

9 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Bowlerville (historical) between 1999 and 2018, burning about 347 acres in total. 6 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
Natural6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

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
7 August 2005Natural23 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeGRAPEVINE2
24 August 2017Natural6.8 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestJOHNIE
4 July 2006Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestJOHNNIE
3 July 2002Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestCRYSTAL
20 July 2018Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestCRYSTAL SPRINGS
17 July 2006Natural315 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeCRYSTAL
11 July 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestHORSESHOE
3 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeNYE 1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nye County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Bowlerville (historical): 10 past producers, 4 prospects, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead. 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
Labbe MineGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Lead ProspectLeadProspect
Unnamed ProspectLeadPast ProducerVein
Noonday ProspectSilver, CopperProspect
Smp ProspectSilver, CopperProspect
Unnamed ProspectCopper, SilverProspect
Congress MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Butterfly ClaimsGoldOccurrenceSurface/Underground
Congress MineGoldPast Producer1890
Delta Claim GroupGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Nye 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
Labbe Camp0.4 miles21
Johnnie2.3 miles21
Stirling (historical)5.4 miles20
Crystal6.9 miles21
Amargosa (historical)10.1 miles24
Camp Desert Rock12.4 miles26
Ashmeadow (historical)14.3 miles24
Mercury14.9 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 846510. 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.