East Ely, Nevada
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Ely census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89301. It lies near Murry Point. The Survey maps it on the East Ely quadrangle.
On record in East Ely
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
East Ely DepotNational Historic Landmark · listed 1984
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1952 USGS Ely quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS East Ely quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS McGill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS Ely quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
1 photograph, 2022Taken 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.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
82 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of East Ely between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,705 acres in total. 44 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 | 44 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | not named |
| 30 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | LUCKY |
| 3 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | BIRD |
| 22 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | ROOKIE |
| 19 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ely District Office | LOVES |
| 12 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | SQUAW PEAK |
| 11 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | LOWRY |
| 9 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | WHIX ASSIST FIVE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 54 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 54 workings within 5 miles of East Ely: 35 past producers, 10 unknowns, 5 occurrences, 2 plants. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Copper, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Camas Mines Inc | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Bedlam | Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Iron, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Calumet Group | Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Consolidated Copper Mines | Chromium, Gold, Lead, Manganese, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Egan Mill | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Past Producer | 1979 | |
| Elijah Claim | Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Ely Gold Mine | Mercury, Lead, Zinc, Manganese, Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Ely Gold Mine | Mercury, Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold | Unknown | ||
| Farnsworth-Ely Metal Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Green Stake | Lead, Zinc, Gold, Iron, Silver | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calumet | 0.7 miles | 18 | |
| Ely | 1.2 miles | 20 | |
| Baltimore Mill | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Mosier | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Lane City | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Mineral City | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Keystone Junction | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Keystone | 5.6 miles | 18 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q110979331 | 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 859617. 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.






