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Erie, Nevada

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Clark census division. The Survey maps it on the Hidden Valley quadrangle.

Erie within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 26 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

113 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Erie between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,106 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 3 were 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/undetermined40
Firearms and explosives use40
Equipment and vehicle use7
Debris and open burning7
Natural6
Fireworks5
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism3
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.1 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeSLOAN 24
30 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeST ROSE
29 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeSLOAN 27
21 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeSLOAN 3
18 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeSLOAN 26
14 September 2020Firearms and explosives useunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeSLOAN 25
9 August 2020Firearms and explosives use40 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeCENTER 2
9 August 1994Natural45 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeHIDDEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Erie: 12 occurrences, 4 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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
Jean PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Manske ClaimGold, SilverPast Producer
Erie DepositSilicaPast Producer
Nevada Pacific Minerals Co. DepositSilicaPast Producer
Nevada Royale QuarrySilicaPast Producer
HumdingerUraniumProspect
Jean Carnotite ProspectUraniumOccurrence
Jean-Sloan Area Uranium Locality 14UraniumOccurrence
Jean-Sloan Area Uranium Locality 15UraniumOccurrence
Jean-Sloan Area Uranium Locality 16UraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms near this place

1 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Erie in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2017Thunderstorm WindErie$50,000Approximately 20 trees were blown down, two road signs were damaged, a brick wall and a fence were destroyed, and a wooden structure was destroyed.

Every storm 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
Sloan5.1 miles27
Jean7.8 miles25
Bard8.1 miles27
Exploration Peak Park10.1 miles24
Arden10.2 miles24
Mountain's Edge10.7 miles24
Enterprise10.7 miles24
Goodsprings10.8 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856022. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.