Gold Acres, Nevada
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Battle Mountain census division. The Survey maps it on the Tenabo quadrangle. It stands 5,417 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1949 USGS Crescent Valley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Crescent Valley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Tenabo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Crescent Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Gold Acres between 2005 and 2018, burning about 5 acres in total. 3 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 | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | TURQUOISE |
| 22 August 2005 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Battle Mountain District Office | HILL TOP |
| 12 August 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Battle Mountain District Office | UTAH MINE |
| 25 June 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Battle Mountain District Office | CORTEZ |
| 9 May 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | PIVOT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 68 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 68 workings within 5 miles of Gold Acres: 43 past producers, 8 occurrences, 8 producers, 4 unknowns. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Gemstone, Silver, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Chief | Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Powellite, Scheelite | |
| Blue Ridge Mine | Gemstone, Semiprecious Gemstone | Producer | ||
| Clipper | Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Clipper | Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Cortez Canyon Uraniun | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Crescent Valley Placers | Gold, Silver, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1905, 1916, 1940 | |
| Gelding | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Gold Acres Deposit | Gold, Tungsten, Copper, Molybdenum, Antimony, Arsenic, Mercury, Thallium, Lead, Zinc | Producer | 1925, 1935 | |
| Gold Acres Deposit | Gold, Tungsten, Copper, Antimony, Arsenic, Mercury, Thallium, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum | Producer | 1920, 1935, 1996 | |
| Gold Pan | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Malachite |
Storms near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gold Acres in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2023: 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Gold Acres | $3,000 | Law enforcement reported that flash flooding washed out sections of Greystone mine road. Property damage is estimated. |
| September 2023 | Flash Flood | Gold Acres | - | Storms training over the same area led to areal flooding over SR-305 in Lander County. The road was temporarily closed between MM 60 to MM 40. |
| May 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Gold Acres | - | A tornado was photographed near Horse Mountain. A storm survey was conducted but no damage was found. However survey efforts were hampered by steep and rugged terrain. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frisbie (historical) | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Gold Quartz | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Mill Gulch (historical) | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Tenabo | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Lander (historical) | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Bullion (historical) | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Mud Springs (historical) | 8.5 miles | 13 | |
| Cortez | 10.8 miles | 15 |
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 Q96151852 | The 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 845475. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






