Negro Creek

Negro Creek passes through Iveson Ranch, crosses Highway 34 and descends into Hualapai flat

• GNIS
  • Negro Creek
    • Alternate Name: A perjorative word, "Original township survey plats, published in the 1800's. 1913" Probably T36 R22.
    • Alternate Name: "McNamara Creek" Citation "'Nevada': 1881, scale 1 inch=24 miles. A photocopy with no additional information available, Nevada Historical Society document."
      • See 1863 DeGroot's map of Nevada (David Rumsey)
      • See California and Nevada, 1881 Map, Gibbs.
      • See 1893 Rand McNally map
      • McNamara could be a misreading of McNamey, who was a companion of Fredonyer, see Ladden Cone and Mount Observation.
  • Negro Creek Reservoir
    • Alternate Name: A perjorative word, "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Dams and Reservoirs List, Washington, DC. 17-Feb-1981. A listing of impounded bodies of water and associated information"
    • The Latitude and longitude of Negro Creek Reservoir (40.9482323, -119.3876884)is very close to Iveson Reservoir (40.9485593, -119.3910654). Iveson Reservoir is what appears on recent topo maps
  • Negro Creek Ranch
    • Very close to Iveson Ranch GNIS entry.
• "Negro Creek" appears in the 1909-1910 Section 34, T37 R22
• "Middle Branch of Negro Creek" appears in the 1894 Section 11-14, T37 R22
• Washoe County, Nevada 1936 Tax List Page 016 for Negro Creek
  • Barker, Carey, Bruce, Clark, Codd, Frizzell, Gerlach, Gregory, Hutchinson, Iveson, King, Melody, Patterson, Schmitt, Turnbow
• "Negro Creek" appears in the 1894 Section 28, T36 R22 Earliest original reference