Glendale, Nevada
20 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 Meadow Valley Wash. The Survey maps it on the Moapa East quadrangle.
On record in Glendale
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Muddy River Bridge, Spanning Muddy River northeast of I-15 & State Route 168, Glendalefederal building survey, 15 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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
- 1958 USGS Moapa quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Moapa East quadrangle1:24000
- 1987 USGS Overton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
36 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Glendale between 1994 and 2020, burning about 62 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | QUARTER |
| 31 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | AIRWAY BEACON |
| 27 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | MM 85 |
| 21 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Southern Nevada District Office | BIA 1 |
| 20 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | MM93 |
| 8 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Southern Nevada District Office | CCFD 18 |
| 4 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | STATION FIRE |
| 28 July 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | MEADOW VALLEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Glendale: 4 past producers, 4 producers, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas Cement Plant | Calcium | Producer | ||
| R.A.H. Group | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Silverstone | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Leavitt Ready Mix | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Moapa Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| White Star Deposit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | 1919 | |
| White Star Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | 1919 | |
| White Star No. 2 Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| White-Grow Gypsum Co. Pit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glendale in 2 storm reports between 1999 and 2001: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Glendale | - | Heavy rains from thunderstorms produced flash flooding over parts of Mohave county. Area washes were running around a foot deep and some flooding was reported on area roads. |
| July 1999 | Flash Flood | Glendale | - | The Nevada Highway Patrol reported four feet of water running over State Route 168 three miles east of U.S. Highway 95. The road was blocked for a couple hours stranding a few cars. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrowhead | 0.6 miles | 20 | |
| Hupton (historical) | 0.6 miles | 20 | |
| Moapa Town | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Jackman | 2.2 miles | 20 | |
| Moapa | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| West Point (historical) | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| Amber | 5.6 miles | 21 | |
| Logandale | 6.5 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 845472. 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.








