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Old Overton, Nevada

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Clark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89040. It stands on Wieber Wash. The Survey maps it on the Overton quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Old Overton within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

32 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Old Overton (historical) between 1995 and 2020, burning about 200 acres in total. 6 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/undetermined18
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning2
Fireworks2
Firearms and explosives use1
Equipment and vehicle 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
8 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeBOWMAN
3 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeMESA
13 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresLake Mead National Recreation AreaBAKER
5 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeCCFD 5
24 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeMORMON MESA
2 August 2005Naturalunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeGLASSLAND
16 August 2020Firearms and explosives useunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeLOGAN
16 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeCCFD 6

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Old Overton (historical): 12 past producers, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Magnesite, 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
Broken Ridge PropertyUraniumProspect
Golden Glow & Carnotite LodeUraniumPast Producer
OvertonMagnesitePast Producer1915
Overton MineMagnesitePast Producer1915
Unnamed SpringGeothermalProducer
W. Whipple WellGeothermalProducer
Hyer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Overton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Overton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Moapa PlacerSilicaPast 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
Simonsville (historical)0.2 miles21
Saint Joseph (historical)0.9 miles21
Overton1.2 miles21
Glassand1.3 miles21
Moapa Valley2.0 miles21
Logandale3.3 miles21
Kaolin (historical)4.0 miles21
Amber4.3 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 851436. 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.