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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 32 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.
- 1886 USGS Camp Mohave quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Camp Mohave quadrangle1:250000, 8 printings
- 1926 USGS Nelson quadrangle1:96000
- 1942 USGS Camp Mohave 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 Boulder City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Boulder City NW quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Boulder City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
39 since 1993Regional 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/undetermined | 18 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | NAT OUT 2 |
| 5 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Lake Mead National Recreation Area | BC 99-3 |
| 19 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | LUCKY DUTCHMAN |
| 19 August 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | MT SCORPION |
| 12 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | MM 68 |
| 6 July 2005 | Fireworks | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | WATER |
| 6 July 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Lake Mead National Recreation Area | BC99-2 |
| 4 July 2017 | Fireworks | under an acre | Lake Mead National Recreation Area | BC ASSIST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alunite Mine | Gold, Potassium | Occurrence | Potash | |
| Blue Quartz Mine | Copper, Gold, Barium-Barite | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Farmers Group of Claims | Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | Scheelite | |
| Gold Prospects | Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Gordon Barite | Barium-Barite, Manganese, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Pumice Claims | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Quo Vadis | Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Railroad Deposit | Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| Railroad Pass Deposit | Gold, Aluminum, Silver, Copper, Potassium | Past Producer | 1908 | |
| Sample Site 1327 | Potassium, Gold, Copper | Occurrence | Potash |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKeeversville (historical) | 3.2 miles | 31 | |
| Boulder City | 4.3 miles | 31 | |
| Victory Village | 5.4 miles | 25 | |
| Henderson | 5.8 miles | 25 | |
| Carver Park | 6.0 miles | 25 | |
| Junction City (historical) | 7.8 miles | 23 | |
| Lake Las Vegas | 8.9 miles | 25 | |
| East Las Vegas | 10.7 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.
| Wikidata item Q122572163 | 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 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.












