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Texas Acres, Nevada

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Clark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89005. The Survey maps it on the Boulder City NW quadrangle.

Texas Acres within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 32 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

39 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Texas Acres between 1993 and 2020, burning about 44 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined18
Fireworks6
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural3
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Firearms and explosives use1

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
8 August 2010Naturalunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeNAT OUT 2
5 August 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLake Mead National Recreation AreaBC 99-3
19 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeLUCKY DUTCHMAN
19 August 2020Fireworksunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeMT SCORPION
12 August 2001Naturalunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeMM 68
6 July 2005Fireworksunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeWATER
6 July 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreLake Mead National Recreation AreaBC99-2
4 July 2017Fireworksunder an acreLake Mead National Recreation AreaBC ASSIST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Texas Acres: 8 prospects, 6 past producers, 6 occurrences, 3 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Barium-Barite. 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
Alunite MineGold, PotassiumOccurrencePotash
Blue Quartz MineCopper, Gold, Barium-BariteOccurrenceVein
Farmers Group of ClaimsTungsten, Gold, Silver, LeadPast ProducerScheelite
Gold ProspectsGold, Silver, CopperOccurrence
Gordon BariteBarium-Barite, Manganese, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect
Pumice ClaimsPumiceProducer
Quo VadisGold, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Railroad DepositAluminumProspect
Railroad Pass DepositGold, Aluminum, Silver, Copper, PotassiumPast Producer1908
Sample Site 1327Potassium, Gold, CopperOccurrencePotash

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
McKeeversville (historical)3.2 miles31
Boulder City4.3 miles31
Victory Village5.4 miles25
Henderson5.8 miles25
Carver Park6.0 miles25
Junction City (historical)7.8 miles23
Lake Las Vegas8.9 miles25
East Las Vegas10.7 miles24

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 Q122572163The 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 847147. 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.