Island Mountain, Nevada

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Jarbidge census division. It lies near Hammond Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Cornwall Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Island Mountain within Elko County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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.

1935 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:48000
1935 USGS Mt. Velma quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1942 USGS Mt. Velma quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1955 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Jarbidge Mts quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
1986 USGS Cornwall Mountain quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

8 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Island Mountain (historical) between 1995 and 2015, burning about 1,432 acres in total. 4 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	4
Recreation and ceremony	3
Equipment and vehicle use	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
29 September 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	75 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	WATERLOG
17 September 1995	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	POORMAN CANYON
5 July 2004	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	LOST GULCH
5 July 2004	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	MARTIN CREEK
4 July 2001	Natural	3.0 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	SUNFLOWER FLAT
18 July 1999	Natural	100 acres	Elko District Office	BLACK MT
17 July 2007	Natural	1,253 acres	Elko District Office	MENDIVE
16 July 2009	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	BIG BEND 14

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Island Mountain (historical): 24 past producers, 5 unknowns, 5 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, 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
Coleman	Silver, Gold, Copper, Stone	Past Producer	1978
Davenport	Lead, Silver, Gold	Unknown
Diamond Jim Mine	Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper	Unknown
Foss	Antimony, Silver, Gold	Occurrence	Stibnite
Foss Prospect	Antimony	Producer
Garnet/Tenn. Mtn.	Tungsten, Molybdenum	Past Producer	1949, 1970
Gold Centre	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper	Past Producer
Gold Ore	Gold, Copper, Silver	Past Producer
Gold Standard #2	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Gribble Antimony	Tungsten, Copper, Molybdenum	Past Producer	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Scheelite

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
Williams Cabin	3.0 miles	17
Point of Rocks	4.8 miles	16
Bruno City (historical)	8.7 miles	16
Bayard (historical)	11.6 miles	17
Charleston	12.1 miles	17
Patsville	13.5 miles	16
Bueasta (historical)	13.8 miles	16
Rowland	14.2 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 862759. 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.