North Battle Mountain, Nevada
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Battle Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89820. The Survey maps it on the Battle Mountain quadrangle. It stands 4,501 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1955 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Battle Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Battle Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Battle Mountain quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of North Battle Mountain between 1996 and 2019, burning about 812 acres in total. 6 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 | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 22 acres | Elko District Office | TAYLOR |
| 23 August 1999 | Natural | 34 acres | Battle Mountain District Office | CYANIDE |
| 19 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | RODEO |
| 4 July 2006 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Elko District Office | SHEEP CREEK |
| 30 July 2004 | Smoking | under an acre | Elko District Office | BLOSSOM RD |
| 7 June 1996 | Natural | 6.8 acres | Elko District Office | SHEEP#7 |
| 30 June 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | CHEMICAL |
| 29 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Elko District Office | RAMP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of North Battle Mountain: 11 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Silver, Lead, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain View | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Snowstorm | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | 1906, 1928 | |
| Silver Occurrence | Silver | Unknown | ||
| Snowstorm Mine | Silver | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Silver | Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Fisk Bros | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Fisk Bros.Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| North Battle Mountain Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Placer | |
| North Battle Mountain Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| North Battle Mountain Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rennox | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Jenkins | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Battle Mountain | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Piute | 5.5 miles | 24 | |
| Rosny | 7.7 miles | 11 | |
| Kampos | 10.6 miles | 10 | |
| Argenta | 10.6 miles | 10 | |
| Old Battle Mountain (historical) | 10.8 miles | 24 |
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 North Battle Mountain | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7054077 | 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 847430. 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.





