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Camp Booth, Nevada

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Clark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89046. The Survey maps it on the Nelson quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Camp Booth within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 29 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

11 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Camp Booth (historical) between 1994 and 2014, burning about 32 acres in total. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Natural3
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle 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
24 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeHWY 165
20 September 1994Natural1.0 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeKNOB HILL
24 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeNELSON
23 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeTECHATTICUP
20 August 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeAZTEC
17 August 1996Naturalunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeCRAYTON
5 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeCCFD 3
29 June 2006Natural30 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeEL DORADO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 57 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 57 workings within 5 miles of Camp Booth (historical): 33 past producers, 11 prospects, 9 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Silver, Gold, Copper. 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
Belmont-Phoenix MineSilver, Gold, Lead, CopperPast ProducerVein
Belmont-Phoenix MineSilver, Copper, Gold, LeadPast Producer1940
Buster ClaimCopper, GoldOccurrenceVein
Combination MineGold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Cottonwood Iron ClaimIronOccurrence
Eldorado DistrictGold, Silver, ZincProducer1857, 1861
Eldorado Gold PropertySilver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, CopperPast Producer1857, 1863, 1970
Eldorado Rover Mining Co.Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc, SilverPast Producer
Golden Empire MineGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
H & E ClaimCopper, Uranium, GoldProspect

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
Lucky Jim Camp3.2 miles29
Camp Duncan (historical)3.4 miles29
Marie Camp3.6 miles29
Nelson3.6 miles29
Eldorado Canyon (historical)6.6 miles32
Camp Dupont (historical)6.9 miles29
Copper Camp (historical)8.3 miles29
Wallace (historical)10.1 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 846649. 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.