BlockCopper City, Nevada
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Clark census division. The Survey maps it on the Gold Butte quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1886 USGS Saint Thomas quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1893 USGS Saint Thomas quadrangle1:250000
- 1926 USGS Bonelli quadrangle1:96000
- 1953 USGS Gold Butte quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Gold Butte quadrangle1:24000
- 1987 USGS Lake Mead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Copper City (historical) between 1993 and 2014, burning about 71,131 acres in total. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 1993 | Natural | 250 acres | Southern Nevada District Office | AZURE |
| 6 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | GARDENSPR |
| 31 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | GOLD |
| 21 August 1995 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Southern Nevada District Office | VIRGIN2 |
| 6 July 2014 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Southern Nevada District Office | LIME |
| 20 July 1996 | Natural | 245 acres | Lake Mead National Recreation Area | CABIN FIRE |
| 28 June 2005 | Natural | 43,245 acres | Southern Nevada District Office | FORK |
| 28 June 2005 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Southern Nevada District Office | TRAILER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 37 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Copper City (historical): 20 prospects, 10 occurrences, 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Uranium, Gold, Gypsum-Anhydrite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Jack Mine | Copper, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Hilltop Claim | Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, REE | Occurrence | ||
| Horseshoe Vermiculite Deposit | Mica, Vermiculite, Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Lincoln Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Old Dad and Uranium No. 1 Claims | Thorium, Uranium | Occurrence | Magnetite | |
| Old Dad and Uranium No. 1 Prospects | Uranium, Thorium | Prospect | ||
| Ole Mine | Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Prospect | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper, Zinc, Tin, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Yellow Queen | Uranium, Lead, Zinc, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Blue Ridge Nos. 1 and 2 | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Butte (historical) | 2.6 miles | 21 | |
| Stewarts Point | 11.3 miles | 23 | |
| Echo Bay | 11.4 miles | 22 | |
| Saint Thomas (historical) | 13.3 miles | 22 | |
| Lost City (historical) | 14.8 miles | 23 | |
| Rioville (historical) | 15.2 miles | 23 | |
| Kaolin (historical) | 16.9 miles | 21 | |
| Overton | 20.0 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 846669. 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.