Kyle Canyon Summer Home Area, Nevada
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Clark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89124. It lies near Rainbow Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Charleston Peak quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 21 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.
- 1907 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1908 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Charleston Peak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Charleston Peak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:100000, 4 printings
Fires near this place
386 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 386 fires within 5 miles of Kyle Canyon Summer Home Area between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,054 acres in total. 121 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 130 |
| Natural | 121 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 63 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Smoking | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | TROUT |
| 9 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | BRISTLECONE WFU |
| 8 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | LEE SPRINGS WFU |
| 8 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | MCFARLAND WFU |
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | REPUBLIC |
| 7 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | BLUE TREE |
| 6 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | AVALANCHE |
| 6 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | GRAVEL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Kyle Canyon Summer Home Area: 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Silver, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeinka Mine | Copper, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Griffith Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Griffith Mine | Lead, Silver | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Charleston | 0.9 miles | 21 | |
| Desert View Point | 4.7 miles | 21 | |
| Lee Canyon Summer Home Area | 5.2 miles | 21 | |
| Bonnie Springs | 16.2 miles | 25 | |
| Mountain Springs | 17.1 miles | 22 | |
| Corn Creek (historical) | 17.5 miles | 22 | |
| Blue Diamond | 18.5 miles | 25 | |
| Indian Springs | 22.1 miles | 17 |
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 Q122567316 | 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 855696. 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.








