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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.

East Ely within White Pine County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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.

Photographs

1 photograph, 2022

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.

The old East Ely train depot, now (in 2022) a station of the Nevada Northern Railway museum in Ely, a remote mountain town that was once a stagecoach stop and Pony Express station near the Utah border
The old East Ely train depot, now (in 2022) a station of the Nevada Northern Railway museum in Ely, a remote mountain town that was once a stagecoach stop and Pony Express station near the Utah border
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

82 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Fireworks2
Firearms and explosives use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 1993Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forestnot named
30 September 2015Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeLUCKY
3 September 1998Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeBIRD
22 September 2000Natural1.0 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestROOKIE
19 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresEly District OfficeLOVES
12 September 2001Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeSQUAW PEAK
11 September 2004Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeLOWRY
9 August 2012Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeWHIX ASSIST FIVE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in White Pine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 54 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Baltimore Camas Mines IncTungstenOccurrence
BedlamSilver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Iron, LeadPast Producer
Calumet GroupCopper, Gold, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Consolidated Copper MinesChromium, Gold, Lead, Manganese, Silver, Zinc, CopperPast Producer
Egan MillLead, Zinc, SilverPast Producer1979
Elijah ClaimLead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Ely Gold MineMercury, Lead, Zinc, Manganese, Gold, Copper, SilverPast ProducerPlacer
Ely Gold MineMercury, Copper, Silver, Lead, GoldUnknown
Farnsworth-Ely Metal MineGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Green StakeLead, Zinc, Gold, Iron, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in White Pine 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Calumet0.7 miles18
Ely1.2 miles20
Baltimore Mill2.0 miles17
Mosier2.3 miles17
Lane City3.3 miles18
Mineral City4.2 miles18
Keystone Junction5.4 miles18
Keystone5.6 miles18

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 Q110979331The 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.