Ursine, Nevada
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Pioche census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89043. It lies near Dry Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Ursine quadrangle. 62 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresUrsine fell from 91 to 62 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 91 | |
| 2020 | 62 | -29 (-32%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1885 USGS Pioche quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1886 USGS Pioche quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Caliente quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Caliente quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Ursine quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Caliente quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
103 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Ursine between 1992 and 2018, burning about 9,398 acres in total. 95 started naturally. 2 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 | 95 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Ely District Office | EAGLE VAL |
| 7 September 2007 | Natural | 30 acres | Ely District Office | DEJA VU |
| 3 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | BUCK |
| 28 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | LONGCANYON |
| 28 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | ROSE FIELD |
| 2 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | CITIZEN |
| 16 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | STATELINE |
| 13 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | IAMS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ursine: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Manganese, Barium-Barite, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devlin | Silver | Prospect | ||
| Horse Thief Spring Prospects | Gold, Silver, Manganese, Barium-Barite | Prospect |
Storms near this place
18 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ursine in 18 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 9 flash flood, 5 flood, 4 thunderstorm wind. 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 1997 | Flash Flood | Ursine | $100,000 | Heavy rain showers fell on a 9000 acre burn area in northeast Lincoln County and resulted in a flash flood which began in Camp Valley Creek and ended in Eagle Valley Canyon. Flood waters reached as high as 20 feet in places and swept through a ranch damaging property, machinery and hay stacks. The waters also washed out several sections of the road in Eagle Valley Canyon before they were contained in the Eagle Valley Reservoir three miles north of Ursine. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Ursine | $50,000 | Highway 322 was damaged due to flooding of the Meadow Valley Wash. The road fully reopened in late May. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Ursine | $25,000 | Spring Valley State Park was closed due to the Meadow Valley Wash flooding and damaging roads leading to the park. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Ursine | $25,000 | Access to the east side of Eagle Valley was cut off due to road damage from flooding of the Meadow Valley Wash. |
| August 1997 | Flash Flood | Ursine | $10,000 | The flash flood prone Eagle Valley Canyon was again reported to be running with water at 12:59 pm PST. By 2:45 pm PST, the water had made its way down the canyon and caused the Eagle Valley Reservoir to overflow its embankment. An estimated 3,000 fish were washed over the bank and left to die. State highway 322, between Pioche and Ursine was also flooded. The Lincoln County Sheriff reported the road closed for a few hours. |
| September 1997 | Flash Flood | Ursine | $5,000 | Thunderstorm rains produced yet another flash flood which swept down Camp Valley Creek and Eagle Canyon in northern Lincoln County. A wall of water estimated at 20 feet high rushed down Camp Valley Creek then fanned out and flooded the Pearson Ranch. Some fields were washed out and fences knocked down. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Ursine | $1,000 | Highway 322 was flooded and impassable. |
| September 2023 | Flood | Ursine | $1,000 | Flooding of the Meadow Valley Wash deposited debris on roads in Eagle Valley. No road closures were needed. |
| May 2019 | Flood | Ursine | $1,000 | The Meadow Valley Wash flooded and closed Highway 322. The flooding continued for a couple of days until the wash receded. |
| September 2011 | Flash Flood | Ursine | $1,000 | Water and debris flowed across Highway 322. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Ursine | - | Highway 322 was washed out between mile markers 9 and 14. |
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | Ursine | - | Water, mud, and rocks across Highway 322 on both sides of Ursine. |
| August 1997 | Flash Flood | Ursine | - | Heavy thunderstorm rains caused another flash flood event in Camp Valley Creek and Eagle Canyon where flooding occurred less than a week earlier. The water took a similar course as the previous flood and there were no reports of injuries or additional damage. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ursine | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ursine | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ursine | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ursine | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Flash Flood | Ursine | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rose Valley | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Newland (historical) | 4.3 miles | 5 | |
| Spring Valley (historical) | 4.3 miles | 5 | |
| Flat Nose | 7.8 miles | 16 | |
| Deer Lodge (historical) | 8.4 miles | 14 | |
| Fay (historical) | 9.3 miles | 14 | |
| Delmues (historical) | 9.8 miles | 16 | |
| Pioche | 13.1 miles | 19 |
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 Ursine | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3473197 | 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 858226. 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.





