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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.

Elbow Stage Station within Lyon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

9 since 1996

Regional 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
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
17 August 2013Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestELBOW
15 July 2005Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestSONOMA
30 June 2000Natural2.0 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestBALD #1
30 June 2000Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestBALD # 2
29 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresCentral Lyon County Fire Protection DistrictELBOW
2 March 2002Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestSONOMA
11 March 2007Recreation and ceremony49 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestFLYING M
8 November 1996Smoking1.0 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestTUTTLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lyon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Earth Sciences Fmr NorthAluminum, PotassiumOccurrence1973
Earth Sciences Fmr SouthPotassium, AluminumOccurrence1973
Far West WillysGold, Silver, UraniumOccurrenceVein
Grant View Hot SpringGeothermal, UraniumProducer
Homestead MineTungsten, Gold, Copper, MolybdenumPast ProducerReplacement
Tuttle MineMontmorilloniteProducer
UnknownGoldOccurrence
White Eagle MineCopperProspect
Hefler Tungsten MineTungstenPast Producer
Boerlin Ranch PropertyUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Lyon 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
Sweetwater (historical)8.5 miles25
Wichman9.8 miles21
Cambridge (historical)18.2 miles21
Sulfur18.2 miles22
Pine Grove18.3 miles21
Wellington Springs24.4 miles22
Wellington29.6 miles23
Tippecanoe (historical)29.8 miles22

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.