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Jack Creek Camp, Nevada

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Jarbidge census division. It stands on Jenny Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jarbidge North quadrangle.

Jack Creek Camp within Elko County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

22 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Jack Creek Camp between 1992 and 2019, burning about 783 acres in total. 16 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
Natural16
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1

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
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestJARBIDGE PEAK
17 September 2001Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestSLIDE
15 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestDEER MOUNTAIN
13 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forestnot named
10 September 2019Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestBEAR CREEK
7 August 2012Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestDIAMOND A
29 August 1996Natural100 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestDEER CREEK EAST
29 August 1996Natural125 acresElko District OfficeJARBIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 95 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 95 workings within 5 miles of Jack Creek Camp: 61 past producers, 27 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 2 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Silver, Gold. 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
Bullion ProspectGold, SulfurOccurrence
Long HikeGold, Silver, SeleniumPast Producer1910, 1918
MontanaTungstenPast Producer
Morning Star MineGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Pavlak MineFluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver, ZincPast Producer
PaydayGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Three Day Creek ProspectsLead, Silver, Gold, CopperPast ProducerUnknown
4m MineSilver, GoldUnknown
Bullion ProspectGold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerVein
Finance Copper MineCopper, GoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Elko 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
Jarbidge2.4 miles16
Pavlak (historical)3.8 miles16
Bruno City (historical)12.5 miles16
Bueasta (historical)14.7 miles16
Rowland14.9 miles16
Bayard (historical)15.0 miles17
Charleston16.8 miles17
Williams Cabin19.0 miles17

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 Q122556069The 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 852522. 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.