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Winterwood, 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 89142. It stands on Flamingo Wash. The Survey maps it on the Las Vegas NE quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Winterwood within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

106 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Winterwood (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 507 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined53
Recreation and ceremony18
Fireworks13
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking1
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
5 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeBON FIRE
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeSWAMP
17 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeHENDERSON ASSIST 2
16 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeBOR 1
27 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresClark County Fire DepartmentCCFD 11 - SAM BOYD
23 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreClark County Fire DepartmentCLRX 77
23 August 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeRISE
2 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeCCFD 4

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Winterwood (historical): 3 producers, 3 past producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper. 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
Frenchman MineCopperPast Producer1917
Little Hal, Steve #1 & 11 ClaimsUraniumProspect
White Eagle MineGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Whiting Bros Pit & MillStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Henderson Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Middle East PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Womack Construction Co. Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Hillegas (historical)1.5 miles25
East Las Vegas3.7 miles24
Winchester3.9 miles25
Sunrise Manor4.5 miles25
Las Vegas5.0 miles25
North Las Vegas5.0 miles25
Hoover City (historical)5.5 miles25
Whitney5.7 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 846684. 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.