Battle Mountain, Nevada
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Battle Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89820. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Battle Mountain quadrangle. 3,705 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,511 feet above sea level.
On record in Battle Mountain
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
Surveyed buildings and structures 12 of 19 shown
- Copper Canyon Camp of the International Smelting & Refining Company, "Pres. house", Copper Canyon, Battle Mountainfederal building survey, 4 photographs
- Copper Canyon Camp of the International Smelting & Refining Company, Base for Headframe & Storage Tank, Copper Canyon, Battle Mountainfederal building survey, 4 photographs
- Copper Canyon Camp of the International Smelting & Refining Company, Concrete Reservoir, Copper Canyon, Battle Mountainfederal building survey, 3 photographs
- Copper Canyon Camp of the International Smelting & Refining Company, Copper Canyon, Battle Mountainfederal building survey, 9 photographs
- Copper Canyon Camp of the International Smelting & Refining Company, Crushing Plant, Copper Canyon, Battle Mountainfederal building survey, 10 photographs
- Copper Canyon Camp of the International Smelting & Refining Company, Duplex, Copper Canyon, Battle Mountainfederal building survey, 4 photographs
- Copper Canyon Camp of the International Smelting & Refining Company, Duplex, Copper Canyon, Battle Mountainfederal building survey, 5 photographs
- Copper Canyon Camp of the International Smelting & Refining Company, Four Room Residence, Copper Canyon, Battle Mountainfederal building survey, 5 photographs
- Copper Canyon Camp of the International Smelting & Refining Company, Large Garage, Copper Canyon, Battle Mountainfederal building survey, 2 photographs
- Copper Canyon Camp of the International Smelting & Refining Company, Office, Copper Canyon, Battle Mountainfederal building survey, 4 photographs
- Copper Canyon Camp of the International Smelting & Refining Company, Office-Warehouse, Copper Canyon, Battle Mountainfederal building survey, 4 photographs
- Copper Canyon Camp of the International Smelting & Refining Company, Residence, Copper Canyon, Battle Mountainfederal building survey, 3 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresBattle Mountain grew from 3,635 to 3,705 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,635 | |
| 2020 | 3,705 | +70 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1955 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Battle Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Battle Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Battle Mountain quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
8 of 16 photographs shown,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Every photograph of Lander County
Fires near this place
44 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Battle Mountain between 1996 and 2019, burning about 793 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined | 17 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | BASTIAN |
| 21 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | 236 |
| 11 September 2016 | Fireworks | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | COPPER BASIN |
| 11 September 2016 | Fireworks | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | COPPER BASIN 4 |
| 11 September 2016 | Fireworks | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | COPPER BASIN 3 |
| 11 September 2016 | Fireworks | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | COPPER BASIN 2 |
| 4 August 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 22 acres | Elko District Office | TAYLOR |
| 4 August 1999 | Natural | 288 acres | Battle Mountain District Office | TRACEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Battle Mountain: 9 past producers, 5 occurrences, 2 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Gold, 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dresser Mill | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Greystone Mine and Grinding Plant | Barium-Barite | Plant | ||
| Homestead | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Homestead Placer | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Imperial | Silver | Past Producer | ||
| J H Voorhees Oil Wells | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Suprize | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Surprise Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper | Producer | 1937, 1938 | |
| Unnamed Manganese Occurrence | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Manganese Prospect #2 | Manganese | Occurrence | Psilomelane |
Storms near this place
2 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Battle Mountain in 2 storm reports between 1994 and 1997: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1997 | Hail | Battle Mountain | - | Golf ball size hail was reported by the Nevada Highway Patrol 5 miles south of Battle Mountain during a severe thunderstorm. |
| September 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battle Mountain | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a 70 mph gust at the observer station near the airport. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rennox | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Jenkins | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| North Battle Mountain | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Piute | 5.2 miles | 24 | |
| Rosny | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Copper Basin | 6.5 miles | 24 | |
| Old Battle Mountain (historical) | 6.8 miles | 24 | |
| Buckingham Camp | 7.6 miles | 24 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Battle Mountain | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q745972 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 838652. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





