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Hupton, 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 89040. It stands on Meadow Valley Wash. The Survey maps it on the Moapa East quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Hupton within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

35 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Hupton (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 56 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism5
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural3
Smoking2
Fireworks1

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
23 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeQUARTER
22 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeBIA 3 -LINCOLN
31 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeAIRWAY BEACON
27 August 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeMM 85
21 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeBIA 1
20 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeMM93
8 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeCCFD 18
4 July 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeSTATION FIRE

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 Hupton (historical): 4 past producers, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
R.A.H. GroupUraniumProspect
SilverstoneGold, SilverPast Producer
Leavitt Ready MixSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Moapa PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
White Star DepositGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer1919
White Star MineGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer1919
White Star No. 2 MineGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
White-Grow Gypsum Co. PitGypsum-AnhydriteProducer

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
Arrowhead0.1 miles20
Glendale0.6 miles20
Moapa Town2.0 miles20
Jackman2.1 miles20
Moapa2.7 miles20
West Point (historical)4.0 miles20
Amber5.5 miles21
Logandale6.4 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 846693. 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.