BlockCrystal, Nevada
20 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 Arrow Canyon SE quadrangle. It stands 2,021 feet above sea level. 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
9 surveys from 20 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
- 1954 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Arrow Canyon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Arrow Canyon SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1987 USGS Overton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
30 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Crystal (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 61 acres in total. None 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/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | DRY LAKE |
| 25 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | VALLEY OF FIRE |
| 13 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | BIA 1 MM7 |
| 8 August 1992 | Smoking | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | I15 73CLK |
| 6 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Southern Nevada District Office | MM 73 |
| 31 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | TRACKS |
| 4 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | BIA 3 FIREWORKS |
| 4 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | BIA 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ute | 5.1 miles | 20 | |
| Dry Lake | 5.3 miles | 21 | |
| Garnet | 9.7 miles | 21 | |
| Silver City (historical) | 11.2 miles | 20 | |
| West Point (historical) | 12.7 miles | 20 | |
| Arrolime | 12.9 miles | 21 | |
| Moapa | 14.2 miles | 20 | |
| Hupton (historical) | 14.7 miles | 20 |
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 Crystal (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3459200 | The 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 856006. 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.