Mountain City, Nevada
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Mountain City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89831. It lies near Harris Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Mountain City quadrangle. 14 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,607 feet above sea level.
On record in Mountain City
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Gold Creek Ranger Stationlisted 1992
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1936 USGS Mountain City quadrangle1:48000
- 1936 USGS Mountain City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1940 USGS Mountain City 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 Mountain City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
25 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Mountain City between 1993 and 2018, burning about 14,301 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 1 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 | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2018 | Natural | 5.3 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | RESERVATION HILL |
| 6 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 776 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | CHINA GULCH |
| 6 September 1999 | Natural | 80 acres | Shoshone Paiute Tribes | JONES FLAT |
| 1 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | DROP POINT 70 |
| 9 August 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | CALIFORNIA CREEK |
| 9 August 2012 | Natural | 1,009 acres | Eastern Nevada Agency | HANSEN |
| 9 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | not named |
| 8 August 2012 | Natural | 11,822 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | BROWNS GULCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 72 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 72 workings within 5 miles of Mountain City: 37 past producers, 16 occurrences, 14 prospects, 4 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Uranium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberta Claim Group | Silver, Zinc, Molybdenum, Lead, Gold, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | ||
| Coffee Pot | Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Golden Ensign | Silver, Tungsten, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Molybdenum | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Golden Ensign Mine | Molybdenum, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Hot Spot No. 1 | Gold, Uranium, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Indian Manganese Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Lucky Nos. 1-11 | Gold, Antimony, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Mariposa | Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Mayflower-Bronze Group | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Miscellaneous | Lead, Copper, Silver | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mountain City in 2 storm reports between 2001 and 2003: 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Mountain City | - | Heavy rains washed mud onto 4 sections of the Bruneau River Road near Mountain City blocking the road. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Mountain City | - | A severe thunderstorm produced wind gusts to 66 mph at the Antelope Lake Raws then dropped 1 inch diameter hail in Mountain City. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patsville | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Point of Rocks | 10.0 miles | 16 | |
| Owyhee | 10.3 miles | 12 | |
| Columbia (historical) | 12.6 miles | 11 | |
| White Rock (historical) | 13.5 miles | 11 | |
| Number One Settlement | 13.7 miles | 12 | |
| Excelsior (historical) | 14.2 miles | 11 | |
| Island Mountain (historical) | 14.7 miles | 17 |
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 Mountain City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6418841 | 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 860665. 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.







