Yelland, Nevada

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Baker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89301. It stands on Taft Creek. The Survey maps it on the Yelland Dry Lake quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Yelland within White Pine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1956 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1959 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Yelland Dry Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1987 USGS Ely quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

19 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Yelland (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,596 acres in total. 18 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	18
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
8 September 2012	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	TAFT CREEK
7 August 2006	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	DIRTY
5 August 2012	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	RANGER CREEK
5 August 1999	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	FIRECAT
4 August 1999	Natural	500 acres	Ely District Office	TAFT CREEK
26 August 2007	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	VIPOINT
20 August 2013	Natural	1.0 acres	Ely District Office	DAWG
2 August 1992	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in White Pine County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Yelland (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Halite. 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
	Solar Salt Mine	Halite	Past Producer

Every working recorded in White Pine County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Taft (historical)	0.6 miles	12
McCoy (historical)	3.2 miles	18
Cleveland (historical)	5.9 miles	12
Robinson (historical)	5.9 miles	18
Bassett (historical)	8.2 miles	18
Steptoe	15.5 miles	19
Adverse	15.7 miles	19
McGill	16.2 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 848425. 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.