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Lincoln City, Nevada

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Clark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89019. The Survey maps it on the Shenandoah Peak quadrangle.

Lincoln City within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

13 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Lincoln City between 1995 and 2017, burning about 57 acres in total. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Natural3
Firearms and explosives use1

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
13 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictMESQUITE
31 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeCCFD 6
29 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeCCFD 10
2 August 2017Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictMESQUITE
2 August 2017Naturalunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeSANDY VALLEY 1
17 July 2005Firearms and explosives use1.0 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeSANDYVLY
9 June 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeMOHICAN
7 June 2006Naturalunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeGOOD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Lincoln City: 27 past producers, 4 prospects, 3 occurrences, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Zinc, Uranium. 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
Azurite MineZinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, PlatinumPast Producer1899
Azurite MineCopper, Zinc, Uranium, Silver, Lead, GoldPast Producer1910
Boss MineGold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium, Copper, Lead, Titanium, MetalPast Producer1886, 1937
Boss MineCopper, Platinum, Gold, Silver, Palladium, LeadPast Producer1886
Copper Chief MineCobalt, Silver, Uranium, Zinc, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Copperside MineCopper, Gold, Silver, UraniumPast Producer1917
Highline MineCobalt, Silver, Gold, CopperPast Producer1917
Hoodoo MineZinc, Lead, Silver, VanadiumPast ProducerReplacement
Hoodoo MineZinc, Silver, Vanadium, LeadPast Producer1911
Mobile MineZinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Vanadium, MolybdenumPast ProducerReplacement

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
Mandolin (historical)0.5 miles26
Sandy Mill1.0 miles27
Sandy Valley1.1 miles26
Ripley1.2 miles27
Platina (historical)2.3 miles27
Root Camp (historical)4.6 miles27
Goodsprings10.2 miles26
Jean15.9 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 846714. 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.