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Exploration Peak Park, Nevada

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Clark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89178. It lies near Exploration Peak. The Survey maps it on the Blue Diamond SE quadrangle.

Exploration Peak Park within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 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

95 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Exploration Peak Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined56
Recreation and ceremony12
Equipment and vehicle use7
Fireworks7
Debris and open burning6
Natural5
Arson/incendiarism2

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
6 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeDEER BASIN
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeCCFD 13 FORT
27 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeCCFD 8
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeCCFD 13
21 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeCCFD 13
17 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeCCFD 5
16 September 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeUPRR
7 August 2005Natural30 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeARDEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Exploration Peak Park: 4 prospects, 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Silica, Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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
Last ChanceSilver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Arden QuarriesSilicaPast Producer
Bard DepositSilicaPast Producer
Honey Comb MineGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Unnamed MinesGypsum-AnhydriteProspect
Jean-Sloan Area Locality 3UraniumProspect
Jean-Sloan Area Uranium Locality 1UraniumProspect
Little Snake & Purple ValentineUraniumProspect

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
Mountain's Edge1.5 miles24
Enterprise1.6 miles24
Arden2.0 miles24
Bard2.5 miles27
Sloan5.6 miles27
Boulder Junction5.9 miles24
Spring Valley6.5 miles24
Blue Diamond7.5 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2585382. 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.