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Saint Thomas, Nevada

22 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 Saint Thomas Wash. The Survey maps it on the Overton Beach quadrangle. It stands 1,204 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Saint Thomas within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

24 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Saint Thomas (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 252 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural5
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Fireworks1
Debris and open burning1

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
26 September 1993Fireworksunder an acreLake Mead National Recreation AreaWEDDINATON
17 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreLake Mead National Recreation AreaVISITOR
13 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresLake Mead National Recreation AreaBAKER
1 September 1997Smokingunder an acreLake Mead National Recreation AreaMM 46
14 August 2005Natural25 acresLake Mead National Recreation AreaDIRTY NECK
12 August 2004Natural50 acresLake Mead National Recreation AreaOVERTON
11 August 1996Natural127 acresLake Mead National Recreation AreaDRIPPING S
4 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLower Colorado RegionSWAMP SPRING

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Saint Thomas (historical): 5 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Simplot Silica Sand Co. QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
R-55 Pit & PlantSilicaPast Producer
Red Sand PitSilicaPast Producer
Big Cliff MineSaltPast Producer
Salt Cove Salt DomesSaltOccurrence
Salvation Salt MineSaltPast 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
Lost City (historical)1.6 miles23
Kaolin (historical)3.7 miles21
Stewarts Point6.2 miles23
Overton6.7 miles21
Old Overton (historical)7.6 miles21
Simonsville (historical)7.8 miles21
Glassand8.0 miles21
Saint Joseph (historical)8.5 miles21

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 Saint Thomas (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2906795The 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 849511. 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.