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Mountain's Edge, Nevada

24 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 89139. It lies near Exploration Peak. The Survey maps it on the Las Vegas SW quadrangle.

Mountain's Edge within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

82 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Mountain's Edge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 23 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined48
Recreation and ceremony11
Fireworks7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural2

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
6 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeDEER BASIN
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeCCFD 13 FORT
27 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeCCFD 8
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeCCFD 13
21 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeCCFD 13
17 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeCCFD 5
16 September 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeUPRR
6 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeTORTOISE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Mountain's Edge: 4 past producers, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Silica, Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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
Last ChanceSilver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Arden QuarriesSilicaPast Producer
Bard DepositSilicaPast Producer
Honey Comb MineGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Jean-Sloan Area Locality 3UraniumProspect
Jean-Sloan Area Uranium Locality 1UraniumProspect
Unnamed MinesGypsum-AnhydriteProspect

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
Enterprise0.0 miles24
Arden0.8 miles24
Exploration Peak Park1.5 miles24
Bard2.6 miles27
Boulder Junction4.5 miles24
Spring Valley5.7 miles24
Sloan5.8 miles27
Bracken6.3 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2038247. 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.