Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.
“The Ely City Hall and Fire Station, at 501 Mill St. in Ely in White Pine County, Nevada, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.”
Wikipedia article Ely City Hall and Fire Station, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 21 National Register listings published here for White Pine County · listed in 2018 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Ely City Hall and Fire Station between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,069 acres in total. 54 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 | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | not named |
| 30 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | LUCKY |
| 28 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | ICE PLANT-FS ASST 11 |
| 22 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | ROOKIE |
| 19 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ely District Office | LOVES |
| 13 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | GU GU |
| 12 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | SQUAW PEAK |
| 11 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | LOWRY |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 64 workings within 5 miles of Ely City Hall and Fire Station: 40 past producers, 12 unknowns, 6 occurrences, 3 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Silver, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Camas Mines Inc | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Bedlam | Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Iron, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Calumet Group | Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Consolidated Copper Mines | Chromium, Gold, Lead, Manganese, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Egan Mill | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Past Producer | 1979 | |
| Elijah Claim | Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Ely Gold Mine | Mercury, Lead, Zinc, Manganese, Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Ely Gold Mine | Mercury, Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold | Unknown | ||
| Farnsworth-Ely Metal Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Green Stake | Lead, Zinc, Gold, Iron, Silver | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ely, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 4 flash flood, 2 tornado, 1 hail. 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 2012 | Flash Flood | Ely | $500 | no account filed |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Ely | - | Spotter reported via Facebook, that water running over US Highway 50, about 2 miles SE of Ruth. The observer sent a photo and estimated the water was about 6 to 12 inches over the road. Some sand and silt were noted in the photo as well. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Ely | - | Streets in downtown Ely were temporarily closed due to flooding. |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Ely | - | The Nevada Highway Patrol reported mud and rocks washed across highway 50 near Antelope Summit. |
| June 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Ely | - | A brief weak tornado touched down over Mosier Canyon , about 5 miles southeast of downtown Ely. No damage was reported as this occurred over open country. |
| July 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Ely | - | A brief tornado touched down in Mosier Canyon, 5 miles southeast of Ely. No damage occurred as this tornado remained over open country. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Ely | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Capital Theater | under 500 feet | 1993 |
 | US Post Office, Ely, Nevada | 0.1 miles | 2005 |
 | White Pine County Courthouse | 0.3 miles | 1986 |
 | Ely L. D. S. Stake Tabernacle | 0.4 miles | 1993 |
 | Central Theater | 0.7 miles | 1993 |
 | NNRy Locomotive #40 | 1.4 miles | 1993 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100002071 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| White Pine County | All 21 listed properties in this county. |
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