Sloan, Nevada
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Clark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89179. The Survey maps it on the Sloan quadrangle. It stands 2,825 feet above sea level.
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
- 1958 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Sloan quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mesquite Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Sloan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
116 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Sloan between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,020 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined | 43 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.1 acres | Southern Nevada District Office | SLOAN 24 |
| 30 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | ST ROSE |
| 29 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | SLOAN 27 |
| 21 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | SLOAN 3 |
| 18 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | SLOAN 26 |
| 17 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | CCFD 5 |
| 16 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Southern Nevada District Office | UPRR |
| 14 September 2020 | Firearms and explosives use | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | SLOAN 25 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Sloan: 9 occurrences, 3 prospects, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Silica, Magnesite, Calcium, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemstar Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Manske Claim | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Sloan Limestone Quarry | Magnesite, Calcium | Occurrence | 1910, 1914 | |
| Sloan Quarry & Mill | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Arden Quarries | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Bard Deposit | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Jean-Sloan Area Locality 3 | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Jean-Sloan Area Uranium Locality 1 | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Jean-Sloan Area Uranium Locality 14 | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Jean-Sloan Area Uranium Locality 4 | Uranium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sloan in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. The reports record 5 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1998 | Lightning | Sloan | 5 hurt | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sloan | $2,000 | Thunderstorm outflow winds blew down one tree and split another in half. |
| August 2012 | Flash Flood | Sloan | $1,000 | Up to a foot of water ran down a road in Sloan. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sloan | - | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sloan | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sloan | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bard | 3.2 miles | 27 | |
| Erie | 5.1 miles | 26 | |
| Arden | 5.2 miles | 24 | |
| Exploration Peak Park | 5.6 miles | 24 | |
| Mountain's Edge | 5.8 miles | 24 | |
| Enterprise | 5.8 miles | 24 | |
| Boulder Junction | 9.5 miles | 24 | |
| Paradise | 11.2 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 Sloan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3709761 | 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 845327. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.











