BlockSugar Bunker, Nevada
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Yucca Flat census division. It lies near Frenchman Flat. The Survey maps it on the Frenchman Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1907 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1908 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1942 USGS Indian Spring quadrangle1:125000
- 1952 USGS Frenchman Flat quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Frenchman Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Frenchman Flat quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Frenchman Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Indian Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Sugar Bunker in 2010, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 July 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | NAT OUT 1 |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sugar Bunker: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crow Group | Stone | Occurrence | Vein |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wahmonie (historical) | 10.7 miles | 27 | |
| Mercury | 12.5 miles | 20 | |
| Camp Desert Rock | 15.0 miles | 26 | |
| Amargosa (historical) | 21.3 miles | 24 | |
| Stirling (historical) | 24.4 miles | 20 | |
| Crystal | 26.4 miles | 21 | |
| Oak Springs (historical) | 26.7 miles | 21 | |
| Amargosa Valley | 26.9 miles | 25 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122563935 | 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 856144. 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.