Columbia, Nevada

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Mountain City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89831. It lies near Alder Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Maggie Summit quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Columbia within Elko County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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.

1955 USGS McDermitt quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Bull Run quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1959 USGS McDermitt quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1982 USGS Bull Run Mts quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1987 USGS Maggie Summit quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

9 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Columbia (historical) between 1994 and 2017, burning about 8 acres in total. 9 started naturally. None 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	9

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
16 September 1994	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	not named
3 August 2002	Natural	under an acre	Elko District Office	LITTLE GIANT
27 August 2012	Natural	1.5 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	PENN
1 August 1994	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	not named
31 July 1994	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	not named
17 July 2000	Natural	5.0 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	TRAIL CR
15 July 2017	Natural	under an acre	Elko District Office	SILVER
15 July 2013	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	TRAIL CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 94 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 94 workings within 5 miles of Columbia (historical): 51 past producers, 29 prospects, 12 occurrences, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Silver, Lead. 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
Big Four Mine	Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Iron	Past Producer	1908
Big Four Mine	Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper, Iron	Plant
Blue Jackett Mine	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer	1868
Blue Ribbon Mine	Antimony, Arsenic, Barium-Barite, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Bull Run Prospect	Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer	1868
Burns	Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold	Past Producer
Burns Mine	Tungsten, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold	Past Producer
California and Revenue	Lead, Gold, Copper, Silver	Past Producer
Chellis Mine	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Columbia	Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Iron	Past Producer	1875

Every working recorded in Elko 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
Echo	5.0 miles	11
Excelsior (historical)	5.1 miles	11
White Rock (historical)	7.2 miles	11
Deep Creek	8.5 miles	11
Patsville	11.1 miles	16
Mountain City	12.6 miles	16
Jack Creek	12.7 miles	10
Anderson (historical)	14.6 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 862972. 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.