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Clarks, Nevada

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Warm Springs-Truckee Canyon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89434. The Survey maps it on the Derby Dam quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Clarks within Washoe 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

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Clarks (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,048 acres in total. 7 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/undetermined12
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony3
Firearms and explosives use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1
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
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
13 September 2011Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficePIERSON
11 September 2018Smoking30 acresCarson City District OfficeDERBY DAM
8 August 2001Natural1.0 acresCarson City District OfficeTRACY
3 August 1999Natural7,000 acresCarson City District OfficeWILCOX 2
29 August 1992Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeOLINGHOUSE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washoe 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 Clarks (historical): 5 past producers, 3 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury, 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
Clark MineDiatomiteProducer1918
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
Porawski Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer1981

Every working recorded in Washoe 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
Thisby2.4 miles23
Roderick (historical)4.9 miles23
Olinghouse5.4 miles23
Patrick6.5 miles24
Mustang9.6 miles28
Hafed10.0 miles28
Dodge10.1 miles24
Wadsworth10.2 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 857335. 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.