Cornucopia, Nevada

10 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 89834. It lies near Silver Peak. The Survey maps it on the Cornucopia Ridge quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cornucopia within Elko County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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
1959 USGS McDermitt quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Wilson Reservoir quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1982 USGS Bull Run Mts quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1987 USGS Cornucopia Ridge 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 Cornucopia (historical) between 1994 and 2012, burning about 9,630 acres in total. 8 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	8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
11 September 2011	Natural	235 acres	Elko District Office	CORNUCOPIA
10 September 2011	Natural	5.0 acres	Nevada Division of Forestry - Northern Region	WILSON CREEK
8 August 2012	Natural	7,590 acres	Elko District Office	LIME
8 August 2012	Natural	10 acres	Elko District Office	HOT CREEK
8 August 2005	Natural	11 acres	Elko District Office	DEEP CREEK
1 August 2000	Natural	60 acres	Elko District Office	NDFASSIS16
22 July 1994	Natural	1,500 acres	Elko District Office	IL
18 July 2000	Natural	4.0 acres	Elko District Office	RED COW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Cornucopia (historical): 4 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc. 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
Cornucopia	Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc	Producer	Vein
Cornucopia	Gold, Silver, Copper	Plant
La Plata Mines	Gold, Iron, Silver	Occurrence
Unknown 2,42,51	Gold, Barium-Barite	Occurrence
Williams Quicksilver Group	Mercury, Silver, Gold	Past Producer
Hussey	Silver, Gold	Past Producer
Leopard	Silver, Gold	Past Producer
Panther	Silver, Gold	Past Producer

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
Jackson (historical)	4.0 miles	10
Deep Creek	7.9 miles	11
Jack Creek	10.6 miles	10
Anderson (historical)	11.1 miles	10
Echo	11.9 miles	11
Good Hope (historical)	12.3 miles	7
Excelsior (historical)	13.4 miles	11
Columbia (historical)	15.1 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 852155. 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.