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Emerald City, Nevada

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Clark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89046. It lies near Fourth of July Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Fourth of July Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Emerald City within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 30 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

9 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Emerald City (historical) between 1996 and 2016, burning about 303 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/undetermined5
Natural3
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
18 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeLOUS FLASH
3 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeMILE 25
11 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined300 acresPhoenix District OfficeCOTTONWOOD
8 July 2014Naturalunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeSEARCHLIGHT
28 July 2014Naturalunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficePOLE
20 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeLIBRARY
21 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreClark County Fire DepartmentCLRX 47
30 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficePOWER ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 53 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of Emerald City (historical): 28 past producers, 12 prospects, 8 occurrences, 3 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Silver, Gold, Gold, Silver. 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
Big Casino MineLead, Copper, Gold, Silver, ZincPast ProducerVein
Boston MineCopper, GoldPast ProducerVein
Boston MineCopper, Silver, GoldProspect
Duplex MineSilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, MolybdenumPast Producer1897, 1898
Duplex MineGold, Molybdenum, Zinc, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Good Hope MineGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Monte Carlo MineLead, Zinc, Gold, Copper, SilverPast Producer1913
Quartette MineGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, MolybdenumPast ProducerVein
Quartette MineGold, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Molybdenum, LeadPast Producer1902
Red Bird MineGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer

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
Camp Sunrise (historical)0.5 miles30
Searchlight2.7 miles30
Wallace (historical)6.5 miles29
Copper Camp (historical)8.1 miles29
Camp Dupont (historical)9.2 miles29
Cal-Nev-Ari10.7 miles30
Morgantown (historical)11.5 miles26
Camp Booth (historical)13.9 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 846657. 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.