Adelaide, Nevada

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Golconda census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89414. It stands on Layson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Adelaide quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Adelaide within Humboldt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 21 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.

1932 USGS Sonoma Range quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1939 USGS Sonoma Range quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1955 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1962 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Adelaide quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

7 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Adelaide (historical) between 1993 and 2018, burning about 10,215 acres in total. 5 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
Natural	5
Arson/incendiarism	1
Debris and open burning	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
19 August 2008	Arson/incendiarism	2.1 acres	Winnemucca District Office	ADELAIDE
16 August 2016	Natural	3.5 acres	Winnemucca District Office	ADELAIDE
11 August 1999	Natural	1.0 acres	Winnemucca District Office	ROCK CREEK
10 August 1993	Natural	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	ROCK CREEK
4 July 1996	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Winnemucca District Office	ANDERSON
31 July 2014	Natural	75 acres	Winnemucca District Office	SONOMA
24 July 2018	Natural	10,132 acres	Winnemucca District Office	GREGG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 53 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of Adelaide (historical): 15 past producers, 11 occurrences, 11 prospects, 10 unknowns. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Molybdenum, Silver. 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
Adelaide Crown Mines	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer	1920
Adelaide Crown Mines	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer	1866, 1907
Adelaide Crown Mines	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Molybdenum, Manganese, Iron	Past Producer	1860, 1980
Adelaide Mine	Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Tungsten	Past Producer	1865, 1867, 1981
Adelaide Mine	Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead	Plant
Adelaide Placer Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold	Producer
Apex No. 1 Claim	Gold, Copper, Silver, Manganese, Boron-Borates	Occurrence	Surface/Underground
Copper Head Property	Copper, Molybdenum, Silver	Occurrence	Vein
Cumberland Mine	Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper, Manganese, Arsenic, Cadmium, Antimony	Occurrence	Galena, Sphalerite
Dun Glen Mine	Limestone, General	Producer

Every working recorded in Humboldt 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
Gold Run (historical)	1.4 miles	21
Fairview (historical)	7.5 miles	21
Golconda	9.6 miles	23
Preble	12.9 miles	23
Bliss	15.3 miles	16
Winnemucca	15.5 miles	22
Tule	15.8 miles	16
Iron Point (historical)	16.0 miles	22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 848206. 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.