BlockMorgantown, Nevada
26 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 89046. The Survey maps it on the Hopps Well 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
12 surveys from 26 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.
- 1910 USGS Ivanpah quadrangle1:250000
- 1912 USGS Ivanpah quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Ivanpah 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 Crescent Peak quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Hopps Well quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ivanpah quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Morgantown (historical) between 1993 and 2014, burning about 346 acres in total. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 1993 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Southern Nevada District Office | 16411CLARK |
| 27 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | NIP |
| 24 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | WEE THUMP RD |
| 24 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | HIGHLAND |
| 23 August 2006 | Natural | 40 acres | Southern Nevada District Office | CRESCENT PEAK |
| 3 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | 164MM8 |
| 20 July 2004 | Natural | 5.8 acres | Southern Nevada District Office | NEW YORK |
| 17 July 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | WALKING BOX |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Morgantown (historical): 12 past producers, 9 prospects, 6 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Uranium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budget Group | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Budget Group | Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Crescent Mine | Manganese, Gold, Silver, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Gingerload | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Osmium, Rhodium | Occurrence | Acanthite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Gold, Iridosmine, Sphalerite | |
| Ladies Choice Perlite | Perlite | Occurrence | ||
| M & M Santa Anna Mine | Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold | Unknown | ||
| Nippeno Group | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Uranium | Past Producer | 1931 | |
| Nippeno Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Peyton Mine | Gold, Lead | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Peyton Mine | Lead, Copper | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crescent (historical) | 5.1 miles | 27 | |
| Searchlight | 8.8 miles | 30 | |
| Emerald City (historical) | 11.5 miles | 30 | |
| Camp Sunrise (historical) | 11.5 miles | 30 | |
| Cal-Nev-Ari | 16.5 miles | 30 | |
| Wallace (historical) | 16.6 miles | 29 | |
| Copper Camp (historical) | 17.4 miles | 29 | |
| Camp Dupont (historical) | 17.7 miles | 29 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 851489. 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.