BlockVegas Heights, Nevada
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Clark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89106. The Survey maps it on the Las Vegas NW quadrangle.
On record in Vegas Heights
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Berkley Squarelisted 2009 · 0.7 miles away
Kyle Ranchlisted 1975 · 1.0 miles away- Leroy and Carrie Christensen Houselisted 2024 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 25 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
- 1952 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Las Vegas NW quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1973 USGS Las Vegas NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:100000, 4 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Vegas Heights between 1995 and 2016, burning about 22,001 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Clark County Fire Department | CLRX 68 |
| 30 June 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | BLMDOYARD |
| 22 June 2005 | Natural | 22,000 acres | Desert National Wildlife Refuge | GASS |
| 5 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Clark County Fire Department | CLRX 25 |
| 18 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | Z |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonanza Village | 1.2 miles | 25 | |
| Hoover City (historical) | 1.2 miles | 25 | |
| Eastland Heights | 1.8 miles | 25 | |
| Las Vegas | 2.0 miles | 25 | |
| North Las Vegas | 2.1 miles | 25 | |
| Stewart (historical) | 3.2 miles | 25 | |
| Wann | 3.3 miles | 25 | |
| Sunrise Manor | 4.5 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 Q122555896 | 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 851463. 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.