Majors Place, Nevada
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Baker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89301. The Survey maps it on the Majors Place quadrangle. It stands 6,489 feet above sea level.
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
- 1959 USGS Connors Pass quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Majors Place quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1987 USGS Ely quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
24 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Majors Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 3 were 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 | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | USFS 18 |
| 30 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | MAJOR |
| 30 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | not named |
| 27 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | RIPPER |
| 26 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | SOUTH SPRING |
| 19 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | TERRY |
| 19 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | MAJORS |
| 17 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | HENRY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Majors Place: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Lead, Silver, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capitol Hills | Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Copper Occurrence | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Rattlesnake Heaven | Fluorine-Fluorite | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Prospects Near Majors Place | Copper | Occurrence | Vein |
Storms near this place
4 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Majors Place in 4 storm reports between 2021 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2023 | Funnel Cloud | Majors Place | - | Storm Chaser Carter Murphy posted a photo of a funnel cloud on social media time stamped at 20:50 LT. Time was then estimated to be around 18:00 LT based on radar and satellite. The location was south of US-50, along US-93. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Majors Place | - | Station (SCHNV) 12.1 Southeast of Ely, Elevation 6687 feet. |
| July 2021 | Flood | Majors Place | - | Heavy rain at Major Place caused approximately 2 to 3 inches of water to flow over US Highways 6 and 50. No damage was caused. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Majors Place | - | Station (SCHNV) 12.1 SE Ely (Ndot), Elevation 6687 feet. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper (historical) | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Taylor (historical) | 6.7 miles | 18 | |
| Hogum | 9.3 miles | 15 | |
| Osceola | 11.3 miles | 15 | |
| Tamerlane (historical) | 14.8 miles | 19 | |
| Shoshone | 15.3 miles | 9 | |
| Ward (historical) | 15.7 miles | 16 | |
| San Pedro (historical) | 16.1 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.
| Wikipedia article on Majors Place | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q9027025 | 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 860466. 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.






