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Jackman, 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 89021. It stands on Weiser Wash. The Survey maps it on the Moapa East quadrangle.

Jackman 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

39 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Jackman between 1994 and 2020, burning about 74 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined18
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks2
Smoking2

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
8 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeBOWMAN
23 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeQUARTER
31 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeAIRWAY BEACON
20 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeMM93
16 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeCCFD 6
8 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeCCFD 18
7 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeCCFD 13
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

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Jackman: 5 past producers, 4 producers, 3 prospects, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Las Vegas Cement PlantCalciumProducer
SilverstoneGold, SilverPast Producer
Hyer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Last Chance ClaimUraniumProspect
Leavitt Ready MixSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Moapa PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
R.A.H. GroupUraniumProspect
Weiser Anticline Uranium OccurrencsUraniumOccurrence
Anderson PropertyGypsum-AnhydriteProspect
White Star DepositGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer1919

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
Hupton (historical)2.1 miles20
Arrowhead2.2 miles20
Glendale2.2 miles20
Amber3.4 miles21
Moapa Town4.0 miles20
Logandale4.3 miles21
Moapa4.9 miles20
Moapa Valley5.6 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856053. 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.