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Echo, 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 Edgemont Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Bull Run Reservoir quadrangle.

Echo 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.

Fires near this place

10 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Echo between 1994 and 2017, burning about 1,292 acres in total. 7 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
Natural7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

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
16 September 1994Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forestnot named
31 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined23 acresElko District OfficePETAN
3 August 2002Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeLITTLE GIANT
29 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresElko District OfficeSILVER CREEK
27 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,265 acresElko District OfficeUSFS 4
22 August 2013Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficePETAN RANCH
1 August 1994Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forestnot named
31 July 1994Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 78 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 78 workings within 5 miles of Echo: 45 past producers, 19 prospects, 12 occurrences, 2 unknowns. None of them 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Big Four MineSilver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, IronPast Producer1908
Blue Jackett MineGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1868
Bull Run ProspectLead, Gold, Silver, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1868
BurnsLead, Silver, Zinc, GoldPast Producer
Burns MineTungsten, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Lead, GoldPast Producer
California and RevenueLead, Gold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Chellis MineStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
ColumbiaSilver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, IronPast Producer1875
Eagle RockLead, Silver, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Echo CanyonGold, Lead, Silver, Copper, ZincPast 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Excelsior (historical)1.6 miles11
White Rock (historical)4.3 miles11
Columbia (historical)5.0 miles11
Deep Creek7.9 miles11
Cornucopia (historical)11.9 miles10
Jack Creek13.4 miles10
Jackson (historical)14.1 miles10
Patsville14.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 863076. 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.