BlockMountain Springs, Nevada
22 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 89161. The Survey maps it on the Mountain Springs quadrangle. It stands 5,410 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 22 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.
- 1907 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1908 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Mountain Springs quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Mountain Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:100000, 4 printings
Fires near this place
281 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 281 fires within 5 miles of Mountain Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,331 acres in total. 135 started naturally. 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 135 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 59 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 10 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | PITT |
| 8 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | NAT OUT 1 |
| 8 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | SPRINGS |
| 8 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | SANDY |
| 8 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | SKELETON |
| 7 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | MARY LYNN |
| 7 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Southern Nevada District Office | SCENIC |
| 7 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | POTOSI PASS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Mountain Springs: 1 past producer, 1 plant, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Uranium, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Trail | Silver | Prospect | ||
| Potosi Mine | Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Uranium | Past Producer | Anglesite, Calamine, Galena, Hydrozincite, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite | |
| Potosi Mine | Zinc, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Plant | 1855, 1905 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnie Springs | 4.0 miles | 25 | |
| Blue Diamond | 5.8 miles | 25 | |
| Exploration Peak Park | 12.8 miles | 24 | |
| Goodsprings | 13.6 miles | 26 | |
| Mountain's Edge | 14.1 miles | 24 | |
| Enterprise | 14.2 miles | 24 | |
| Bard | 14.6 miles | 27 | |
| Arden | 14.7 miles | 24 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Mountain Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q513334 | The 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 845578. 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.