Elbow Stage Station, Nevada
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Smith Valley census division. It stands on Rough Creek. The Survey maps it on The Elbow quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 24 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.
- 1909 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1920 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS The Elbow quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Elbow Stage Station (historical) between 1996 and 2017, burning about 63 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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 | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | ELBOW |
| 15 July 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | SONOMA |
| 30 June 2000 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | BALD #1 |
| 30 June 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | BALD # 2 |
| 29 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | Central Lyon County Fire Protection District | ELBOW |
| 2 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | SONOMA |
| 11 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 49 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | FLYING M |
| 8 November 1996 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | TUTTLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Elbow Stage Station (historical): 8 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Tungsten, Gold, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earth Sciences Fmr North | Aluminum, Potassium | Occurrence | 1973 | |
| Earth Sciences Fmr South | Potassium, Aluminum | Occurrence | 1973 | |
| Far West Willys | Gold, Silver, Uranium | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Grant View Hot Spring | Geothermal, Uranium | Producer | ||
| Homestead Mine | Tungsten, Gold, Copper, Molybdenum | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Tuttle Mine | Montmorillonite | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| White Eagle Mine | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Hefler Tungsten Mine | Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Boerlin Ranch Property | Uranium | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweetwater (historical) | 8.5 miles | 25 | |
| Wichman | 9.8 miles | 21 | |
| Cambridge (historical) | 18.2 miles | 21 | |
| Sulfur | 18.2 miles | 22 | |
| Pine Grove | 18.3 miles | 21 | |
| Wellington Springs | 24.4 miles | 22 | |
| Wellington | 29.6 miles | 23 | |
| Tippecanoe (historical) | 29.8 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 864212. 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.









