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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS McDermitt quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Tuscarora quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS McDermitt quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Tuscarora quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Jacks Peak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 1995Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 1995 | Natural | 10 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | OTT CREEK |
| 22 August 2013 | Natural | 14 acres | Elko District Office | COLD SPRINGS |
| 2 August 2015 | Natural | 5.9 acres | Elko District Office | SPANISH RANCH |
| 28 July 2014 | Natural | 22 acres | Elko District Office | HOT |
| 25 July 2006 | Natural | 20 acres | Elko District Office | CHICKEN NDF ASSIST |
| 31 May 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | JACKS PEAK |
| 11 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Elko District Office | JAKE CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hot Sulfur Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Sleeper Claims | Barium-Barite, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Snyder Prospect | Gold, Antimony, Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Sue Claims - 0320071012 | Antimony | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown 26,42,52 | Gold, Arsenic | Occurrence | ||
| Acnc Claims | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Jb Claims | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Bear Cat Group Nos. 1-9 | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Big Jay-Big Mike Claims | Gold, Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| Greenstone Claims | Gold, Barium-Barite | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson (historical) | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Deep Creek | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Jackson (historical) | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| Cornucopia (historical) | 10.6 miles | 10 | |
| Columbia (historical) | 12.7 miles | 11 | |
| Echo | 13.4 miles | 11 | |
| Tuscarora | 14.0 miles | 10 | |
| Excelsior (historical) | 14.9 miles | 11 |
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 Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5364035 | The 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.




