Keystone Junction, Nevada
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Ruth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89301. It lies near Keystone Hill. The Survey maps it on the Ruth quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 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.
- 1952 USGS Ely quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS McGill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Ruth quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS Ely quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
75 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Keystone Junction between 1992 and 2019, burning about 44 acres in total. 58 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 | 58 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | LUCKY |
| 22 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | ROOKIE |
| 13 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | MAGMA WELL |
| 13 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | WHITE HILL |
| 13 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | GU GU |
| 12 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | SQUAW PEAK |
| 12 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | RIVER WASH |
| 12 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | GLEASON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 93 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 93 workings within 5 miles of Keystone Junction: 57 past producers, 13 unknowns, 9 occurrences, 8 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Silver, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedlam | Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Iron, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Blair and Kearsarge Claim | Copper, Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Calumet Group | Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Carbonate and Eldorado Claims | Silver, Gold, Lead | Unknown | ||
| Columbia Mine | Manganese, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Consolidated Copper Mines | Chromium, Gold, Lead, Manganese, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Elijah Claim | Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Ely District (Robinson) | Copper, Gold, Nickel, Palladium, Platinum | Producer | 1868 | |
| Ely Gold Mine | Mercury, Lead, Zinc, Manganese, Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Ely Gold Mine | Mercury, Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keystone | 0.2 miles | 18 | |
| Ruth | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Sunshine Camp (historical) | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| Mineral City | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| Ruth (historical) | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Copper Flat | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Lane City | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Riepetown | 2.8 miles | 16 |
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 Q122593884 | 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 856059. 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.






