Hesse Camp, Nevada

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Clark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89040. It lies near Battleship Rock. The Survey maps it on the Hoover Dam quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Hesse Camp within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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.

1886 USGS Saint Thomas quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1893 USGS Saint Thomas quadrangle1:250000
1926 USGS Boulder Canyon quadrangle1:96000, 2 printings
1953 USGS Hoover Dam quadrangle1:62500, 3 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
1983 USGS Hoover Dam quadrangle1:24000
1987 USGS Lake Mead quadrangle1:100000
1997 USGS Hoover Dam quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

40 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Hesse Camp (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 20 acres in total. 4 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
Recreation and ceremony	12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Smoking	6
Natural	4
Arson/incendiarism	3
Fireworks	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Debris and open burning	1
Other causes	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
7 August 2004	Natural	under an acre	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	FISH
18 August 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.6 acres	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	BLACK
17 August 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	HUNGRY
14 August 1998	Natural	under an acre	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	SADDLE ISL
7 July 1993	Misuse of fire by a minor	8.2 acres	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	JUVENILE
6 July 2003	Smoking	under an acre	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	8.0 RD
5 July 2005	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	BONFIRE 1
5 July 1993	Fireworks	under an acre	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	SOUTHBEACH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hesse Camp (historical): 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Zinc, Silver, Silica, Lead, Iron, Gold, Copper, Aluminum, Silica. 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
	Dawson Silica Mine	Silica	Occurrence
	Three Kids	Manganese, Zinc, Silver, Silica, Lead, Iron, Gold, Copper, Aluminum	Past Producer	1917

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Fort Callville (historical)	3.3 miles	23
Junction City (historical)	4.6 miles	23
West End (historical)	8.2 miles	22
Boulder City	9.4 miles	31
Lake Las Vegas	9.6 miles	25
McKeeversville (historical)	10.6 miles	31
Texas Acres	12.2 miles	32
Carver Park	12.7 miles	25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 851442. 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.