BlockPrimm, Nevada
27 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 89019. The Survey maps it on the Ivanpah Lake quadrangle. 1,132 people lived here at the 2007 count. It stands 2,618 feet above sea level.
On record in Primm
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Boulder Dam-San Bernardino (115kV) Transmission Line, Eldorado to Ivanpah Section, Primmfederal building survey, 1 photograph
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 27 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
- 1955 USGS Roach Lake quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Ivanpah Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Mesquite Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Primm between 1992 and 2016, burning about 4 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | YATES |
| 7 August 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | MINE |
| 30 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | JEAN |
| 18 July 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Mojave National Preserve | YATES |
| 16 July 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | CALADA |
| 7 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Clark County Fire Department | CLRX 37 |
| 6 June 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | STUCK |
| 20 June 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | STATE LINE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Primm: 2 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Gold, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Hill Claims | Copper | Occurrence | 1974 | |
| White Hat | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Wonder Mountain | Lead, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Wonder Mountain Mines | Lead, Gold, Silver | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roach | 2.5 miles | 27 | |
| Borax | 7.5 miles | 27 | |
| Jean | 12.0 miles | 25 | |
| Crescent (historical) | 14.1 miles | 27 | |
| Root Camp (historical) | 14.2 miles | 27 | |
| Goodsprings | 15.3 miles | 26 | |
| Platina (historical) | 16.5 miles | 27 | |
| Ripley | 17.0 miles | 27 |
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 Primm | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q376041 | 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 849405. 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.