Excelsior, 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 Dunn Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Bull Run Reservoir quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Excelsior 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.

1955 USGS McDermitt quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Bull Run quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1959 USGS McDermitt quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1982 USGS Bull Run Mts quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1987 USGS Bull Run Reservoir quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

11 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Excelsior (historical) between 1994 and 2017, burning about 1,299 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
Natural	7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4

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
16 September 1994	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	not named
31 August 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	23 acres	Elko District Office	PETAN
3 August 2002	Natural	under an acre	Elko District Office	LITTLE GIANT
29 August 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Elko District Office	SILVER CREEK
27 August 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1,265 acres	Elko District Office	USFS 4
22 August 2013	Natural	under an acre	Elko District Office	PETAN RANCH
1 August 1994	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	not named
31 July 1994	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 81 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 81 workings within 5 miles of Excelsior (historical): 45 past producers, 23 prospects, 11 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Big Four Mine	Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Iron	Past Producer	1908
Blue Jackett Mine	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer	1868
Bull Run Prospect	Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer	1868
Burns	Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold	Past Producer
Burns Mine	Tungsten, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold	Past Producer
California and Revenue	Lead, Gold, Copper, Silver	Past Producer
Chellis Mine	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Columbia	Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Iron	Past Producer	1875
Eagle Rock	Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper	Past Producer
Echo Canyon	Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc	Past 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Echo	1.6 miles	11
White Rock (historical)	2.7 miles	11
Columbia (historical)	5.1 miles	11
Deep Creek	9.5 miles	11
Patsville	13.4 miles	16
Cornucopia (historical)	13.4 miles	10
Mountain City	14.2 miles	16
Jack Creek	14.9 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 863015. 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.