Rioville, Nevada

23 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 Virgin River. The Survey maps it on the Middle Point quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Rioville within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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.

1886 USGS Saint Thomas quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1893 USGS Saint Thomas quadrangle1:250000
1926 USGS Bonelli quadrangle1:96000
1953 USGS Virgin Basin quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1954 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1957 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
1970 USGS Virgin Basin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1983 USGS Middle Point quadrangle1:24000
1987 USGS Lake Mead quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

2 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Rioville (historical) between 1994 and 1995, burning about 1 acre in total. None 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
Misuse of fire by a minor	2

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
20 August 1995	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	OVER FLOW
12 June 1994	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	CAMPANILE

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Rioville (historical): 2 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Aluminum, Silica, Manganese, Iron, Sulfur, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Calcium, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Lake Side Copper	Copper, Silver, Gold	Past Producer
Simpson Gypsum Deposit	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Virgin River	Aluminum, Silica, Manganese, Iron, Sulfur, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Calcium	Prospect	1902
Virgin River Deposit	Manganese	Occurrence	Pyrolusite, Wad

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Echo Bay	11.1 miles	22
Gold Butte (historical)	13.8 miles	21
Copper City (historical)	15.2 miles	21
Fort Callville (historical)	15.6 miles	23
Stewarts Point	15.9 miles	23
West End (historical)	17.2 miles	22
Hesse Camp (historical)	18.8 miles	23
Saint Thomas (historical)	21.8 miles	22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 849516. 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.