Garnet, Nevada
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Clark census division. The Survey maps it on the Dry Lake quadrangle. It stands 2,228 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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
- 1926 USGS Boulder Canyon quadrangle1:96000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Dry Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 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
- 1986 USGS Dry Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1987 USGS Lake Mead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
18 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Garnet between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,058 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 7 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 1992 | Smoking | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | I15M65 |
| 1 August 2020 | Firearms and explosives use | 14 acres | Southern Nevada District Office | MUDDY MTN |
| 8 July 1995 | Natural | 1,020 acres | Southern Nevada District Office | GOLDBUTTE2 |
| 4 July 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | BLUE RIBBON |
| 27 July 2020 | Firearms and explosives use | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | COPPER |
| 27 July 2020 | Firearms and explosives use | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | GARNET |
| 13 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Southern Nevada District Office | I1566CLARK |
| 13 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | I1567CLARK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Garnet: 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Silica, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apex Deposit | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Apex Limestone Quarry & Plant | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Wallboard Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garnet in 5 storm reports between 2016 and 2023: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Garnet | $1,000 | Mud and debris were on Interstate 15 at Exit 64. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garnet | - | no account filed |
| August 2022 | Hail | Garnet | - | no account filed |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garnet | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Garnet | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrolime | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Dry Lake | 4.9 miles | 21 | |
| Apex | 5.1 miles | 21 | |
| Dike | 9.6 miles | 23 | |
| Crystal (historical) | 9.7 miles | 20 | |
| Lovell | 11.3 miles | 23 | |
| Jungletown (historical) | 12.4 miles | 23 | |
| Valley | 13.2 miles | 23 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Garnet | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q111033690 | 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 845843. 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.









