BlockKerwin Camp, Nevada
31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Clark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89029. The Survey maps it on the Juniper Mine quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 31 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.
- 1886 USGS Camp Mohave quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Camp Mohave quadrangle1:250000, 8 printings
- 1926 USGS Mohave City quadrangle1:96000
- 1942 USGS Camp Mohave quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Homer Mtn quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Homer Mtn. quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Davis Dam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Juniper Mine quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Kerwin Camp (historical) between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1 acre in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 July 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | NINETYFIVE |
| 19 May 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | 95 |
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Kerwin Camp (historical): 2 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Uranium, Copper, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibraltor Claims | Silver, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Juniper Mine | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Gold, Silver | |
| Juniper Mine | Gold, Zinc, Silver | Plant | ||
| Stewart Mine | Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Superfluous N0. 1 Claim | Uranium | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cal-Nev-Ari | 9.0 miles | 30 | |
| Laughlin | 13.8 miles | 33 | |
| Emerald City (historical) | 19.4 miles | 30 | |
| Camp Sunrise (historical) | 19.8 miles | 30 | |
| Searchlight | 20.2 miles | 30 | |
| Wallace (historical) | 23.2 miles | 29 | |
| Morgantown (historical) | 25.1 miles | 26 | |
| Copper Camp (historical) | 25.3 miles | 29 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 846655. 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.