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Marie Camp, Nevada

29 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 89046. It lies near Copper Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Nelson quadrangle.

Marie Camp within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 29 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

11 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Marie Camp between 1994 and 2016, burning about 2 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined7
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
24 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeHWY 165
20 September 1994Natural1.0 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeKNOB HILL
24 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeNELSON
23 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeTECHATTICUP
20 August 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeAZTEC
17 August 1996Naturalunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeCRAYTON
5 July 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLake Mead National Recreation AreaPLACER
5 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeCCFD 3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 59 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 59 workings within 5 miles of Marie Camp: 33 past producers, 12 prospects, 10 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Silver, Gold, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Belmont-Phoenix MineSilver, Gold, Lead, CopperPast ProducerVein
Belmont-Phoenix MineSilver, Copper, Gold, LeadPast Producer1940
Buster ClaimCopper, GoldOccurrenceVein
Combination MineGold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Cottonwood Iron ClaimIronOccurrence
Eldorado DistrictGold, Silver, ZincProducer1857, 1861
Eldorado Gold PropertySilver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, CopperPast Producer1857, 1863, 1970
Eldorado Rover Mining Co.Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc, SilverPast Producer
Golden Empire MineGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Jubilee MineGold, Lead, Zinc, Silver, CopperPast 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
Nelson0.4 miles29
Camp Duncan (historical)0.7 miles29
Lucky Jim Camp0.9 miles29
Camp Booth (historical)3.6 miles29
Eldorado Canyon (historical)5.6 miles32
Hills Camp (historical)7.8 miles32
Camp Dupont (historical)10.3 miles29
Copper Camp (historical)11.8 miles29

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 Q122547105The 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 858370. 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.