West End, Nevada

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Clark census division. The Survey maps it on the Callville Bay quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

West End within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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 Saint Thomas quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1893 USGS Saint Thomas quadrangle1:250000
1926 USGS Boulder Canyon quadrangle1:96000, 2 printings
1953 USGS Hoover Dam quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
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
1983 USGS Callville Bay quadrangle1:24000
1987 USGS Lake Mead quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

11 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of West End (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 266 acres in total. 3 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
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Natural	3
Arson/incendiarism	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
31 August 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	CALLVILLE
13 August 1993	Misuse of fire by a minor	5.1 acres	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	OHESS
7 June 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	BOXCAR
6 June 1994	Natural	under an acre	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	OUTFIRE #1
4 June 2014	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	CALLVILLE TURNOFF
26 June 1992	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	QUIETCOVE
20 June 1993	Natural	260 acres	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	CHRISTMAS
9 May 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	17.7

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of West End (historical): 3 occurrences, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Boron-Borates, Silica, Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Dolomite, Clay. 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
Anniversary Mine	Boron-Borates, Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Dolomite	Past Producer	1921, 1922, 1928
Dawson Silica Mine	Silica	Occurrence
Vanderbilt Mine	Clay	Occurrence	Montmorillonite
Vanderbilt Mine	Montmorillonite, Talc-Soapstone	Past Producer
Anniversary Mine	Boron-Borates	Past Producer	1922
Ore Car Mine	Boron-Borates	Occurrence

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
Fort Callville (historical)	7.1 miles	23
Hesse Camp (historical)	8.2 miles	23
Junction City (historical)	12.6 miles	23
Lake Las Vegas	13.9 miles	25
Apex	13.9 miles	21
Arrolime	14.1 miles	21
Garnet	14.6 miles	21
Echo Bay	16.5 miles	22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 846673. 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.