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Lake Las Vegas, Nevada

25 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 89011. It lies near Las Vegas Valley. The Survey maps it on the Henderson quadrangle.

Lake Las Vegas within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

86 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Lake Las Vegas between 1992 and 2020, burning about 987 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined42
Equipment and vehicle use14
Recreation and ceremony10
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural4
Smoking3
Fireworks1

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
5 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeBON FIRE
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeSWAMP
16 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeBOR 1
14 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLake Mead National Recreation AreaLAKE SHORE
8 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLake Mead National Recreation AreaNORTH SHORE MM 16
6 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficePIT
27 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresClark County Fire DepartmentCCFD 11 - SAM BOYD
22 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreLake Mead National Recreation AreaRR TIES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Lake Las Vegas: 6 past producers, 5 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Salt, Gold, Silver, Lead, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fannie RyanAluminum, Copper, Iron, Lead, Manganese, SilicaProspect1941
Lake Mead Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pittman Salt DepositsSaltProspect
Three Kids DepositManganese, Gold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
East Rainbow GardensGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Gypsum QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Nevada Gypsum & MiningGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
North Rainbow GardensGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Unnamed QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
White Eagle MineGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer

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
Carver Park4.7 miles25
Victory Village5.2 miles25
Henderson5.2 miles25
East Las Vegas6.0 miles24
Hillegas (historical)6.0 miles25
Winterwood (historical)7.1 miles25
Junction City (historical)8.2 miles23
Whitney8.5 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2727853. 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.