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Clark, Nevada

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Clark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89434. The Survey maps it on the Derby Dam quadrangle.

Clark within Storey County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

44 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Clark between 1995 and 2020, burning about 16,464 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural5
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Firearms and explosives use2
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1

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
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined78 acresNevada Division of Forestry - Western RegionSHEEP
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined435 acresCarson City District OfficeARC
2 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeINTERSTATE 80
16 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresCarson City District OfficeDERBY 2
14 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCarson City District OfficePATRICK
13 September 2011Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficePIERSON
11 September 2018Smoking30 acresCarson City District OfficeDERBY DAM
8 August 2001Natural1.0 acresCarson City District OfficeTRACY

Every fire recorded in Storey County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Clark: 5 past producers, 3 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury, Pumice, Diatomite. 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
Clark MillDiatomitePlant
Unnamed Pumic DepositPumiceOccurrence
Mercury ProspectMercuryOccurrence
Mercury ProspectMercuryUnknown
Taylor-Braach ProspectMercuryPast Producer1931
Taylor-Branch ProspectMercuryPast Producer1931, 1940
Hess Rock & Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lost Dutchman Construction (Pit)Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mccarren Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Patrick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Storey County

Storms near this place

2 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clark in 2 storm reports in 2025: 2 flash 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
August 2025Flash FloodClark-SR-439 in both directions closed near Portofino Drive due to flooding. All lanes are blocked.
August 2025Flash FloodClark-Public reported mud and flooding on SR-439 south of Interstate 80.

Every storm recorded in Storey 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
Gilpin8.1 miles23
Mustang Ranch8.8 miles28
Lockwood9.6 miles28
Virginia City Highlands15.3 miles32
Flowery City (historical)18.1 miles31
Mark Twain Estates18.1 miles31
Virginia City19.7 miles32
Divide20.5 miles32

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 ClarkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16920620The 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 854901. 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.