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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 30 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 Camp Mohave quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Camp Mohave quadrangle1:250000, 8 printings
- 1926 USGS Mohave City quadrangle1:96000
- 1942 USGS Camp Mohave quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Searchlight quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Davis Dam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Fourth of July Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 1996Regional 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/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | LOUS FLASH |
| 3 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Southern Nevada District Office | MILE 25 |
| 11 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 acres | Phoenix District Office | COTTONWOOD |
| 8 July 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | SEARCHLIGHT |
| 28 July 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | POLE |
| 20 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | LIBRARY |
| 21 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Clark County Fire Department | CLRX 47 |
| 30 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | POWER ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 53 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Casino Mine | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Boston Mine | Copper, Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Boston Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Duplex Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1897, 1898 | |
| Duplex Mine | Gold, Molybdenum, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Good Hope Mine | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Monte Carlo Mine | Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1913 | |
| Quartette Mine | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Molybdenum | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Quartette Mine | Gold, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Molybdenum, Lead | Past Producer | 1902 | |
| Red Bird Mine | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Sunrise (historical) | 0.5 miles | 30 | |
| Searchlight | 2.7 miles | 30 | |
| Wallace (historical) | 6.5 miles | 29 | |
| Copper Camp (historical) | 8.1 miles | 29 | |
| Camp Dupont (historical) | 9.2 miles | 29 | |
| Cal-Nev-Ari | 10.7 miles | 30 | |
| Morgantown (historical) | 11.5 miles | 26 | |
| Camp Booth (historical) | 13.9 miles | 29 |
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.












