BlockFarrier, Nevada
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Clark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89025. It stands on Farrier Wash. The Survey maps it on the Farrier quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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
- 1959 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Farrier quadrangle1:24000
- 1987 USGS Overton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Farrier between 1993 and 2014, burning about 26 acres in total. 2 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 | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | US 93 MM 2 |
| 27 August 1993 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Southern Nevada District Office | MOAPA |
| 5 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | CCFD 10 WAREHOUSE |
| 3 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Southern Nevada District Office | NATOUT 3 |
| 20 April 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Southern Nevada District Office | FERRIER |
| 30 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | Ely District Office | MEADOW VALLEY |
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Farrier: 1 past producer, 1 plant, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, PGE. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moapa | Gold, PGE | Prospect | ||
| Great Basin Mine | Gold, Silver | Plant | ||
| Micronic Metals Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Roaring Springs Ranch | Gold | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moapa Town | 9.5 miles | 20 | |
| Moapa | 9.6 miles | 20 | |
| West Point (historical) | 10.3 miles | 20 | |
| Glendale | 11.1 miles | 20 | |
| Arrowhead | 11.4 miles | 20 | |
| Hupton (historical) | 11.5 miles | 20 | |
| Jackman | 13.2 miles | 20 | |
| Amber | 16.5 miles | 21 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122560523 | 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 856024. 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.