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Jack Creek, Nevada

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Mountain City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89834. It stands on Jack Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jacks Peak quadrangle.

Jack Creek within Elko County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

7 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Jack Creek between 1995 and 2015, burning about 75 acres in total. 6 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
Natural6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
18 September 1995Natural10 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestOTT CREEK
22 August 2013Natural14 acresElko District OfficeCOLD SPRINGS
2 August 2015Natural5.9 acresElko District OfficeSPANISH RANCH
28 July 2014Natural22 acresElko District OfficeHOT
25 July 2006Natural20 acresElko District OfficeCHICKEN NDF ASSIST
31 May 2002Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestJACKS PEAK
11 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresElko District OfficeJAKE CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Jack Creek: 12 occurrences, 4 prospects, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Barium-Barite, Silver, Geothermal. 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
Hot Sulfur SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Sleeper ClaimsBarium-Barite, GoldOccurrence
Snyder ProspectGold, Antimony, Barium-BariteOccurrence
Sue Claims - 0320071012AntimonyOccurrence
Unknown 26,42,52Gold, ArsenicOccurrence
Acnc ClaimsGold, SilverProspect
Jb ClaimsGold, SilverProspect
Bear Cat Group Nos. 1-9Barium-BaritePast Producer
Big Jay-Big Mike ClaimsGold, Barium-BariteProspect
Greenstone ClaimsGold, Barium-BariteOccurrence

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
Anderson (historical)1.9 miles10
Deep Creek5.6 miles11
Jackson (historical)8.0 miles10
Cornucopia (historical)10.6 miles10
Columbia (historical)12.7 miles11
Echo13.4 miles11
Tuscarora14.0 miles10
Excelsior (historical)14.9 miles11

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 Jack CreekAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5364035The 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 862573. 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.