Wallace, Nevada

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Clark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89046. It lies near Copper Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Ireteba Peaks quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Wallace within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 29 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.

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 Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Nelson quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1960 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1983 USGS Boulder City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1984 USGS Ireteba Peaks quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

12 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Wallace (historical) between 1993 and 2016, burning about 322 acres in total. 5 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	5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Recreation and ceremony	2
Equipment and vehicle 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
29 August 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	WINNY
29 August 1993	Natural	under an acre	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	BURNINGBUS
27 August 2005	Natural	20 acres	Southern Nevada District Office	GRANDPA
11 August 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	300 acres	Phoenix District Office	COTTONWOOD
16 July 2003	Natural	under an acre	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	IRETEBA
6 June 2003	Natural	under an acre	Phoenix District Office	CABIN
6 June 2003	Natural	under an acre	Phoenix District Office	MUSIC
21 June 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Clark County Fire Department	CLRX 47

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Wallace (historical): 4 past producers, 4 prospects, 4 occurrences, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Silver, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Cobalt Claims	Copper, Silver, Gold	Prospect
Mica-Beryl Claims	Beryllium, Copper, Gold, Mica	Prospect
Rockefeller Mine	Gold, Silver, Copper	Past Producer
Five Spot Claims	Copper, Gold	Occurrence
Camp Dupont Group	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Nevada Cobalt Mine & Mill	Gold, Silver	Plant
New Era Mines	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	1922
Oro De Mojave Mine & Mill	Gold, Silver	Prospect
Black Mountain Mining Co.	Gold	Occurrence	Gold
Black Mtn. Mining Co.	Gold	Prospect

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Copper Camp (historical)	2.1 miles	29
Camp Dupont (historical)	3.6 miles	29
Camp Sunrise (historical)	6.1 miles	30
Emerald City (historical)	6.5 miles	30
Searchlight	8.6 miles	30
Camp Booth (historical)	10.1 miles	29
Lucky Jim Camp	13.1 miles	29
Camp Duncan (historical)	13.3 miles	29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 858317. 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.