BlockFrom the record
One of 21 National Register listings published here for White Pine County · listed in 1971 · category: Structure.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Ward Charcoal Ovens
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 6 structuress as contributing to the listing.
- Address. S of Ely off U.S. 6, Ely, 89301
- When was it listed? September 1971
- Category. structure
- Census division. Ely
- National Register reference number. 71000491 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
21 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Ward Charcoal Ovens between 1993 and 2019, burning about 3 acres in total. 19 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 | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | EDWARD SPRING |
| 7 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | MARTIAN |
| 6 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | WILLIAMS |
| 31 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | SASQUATCH |
| 18 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | NAT OUT FOUR |
| 15 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | MARTIN SPR |
| 14 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | WILLOW CR |
| 12 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | RATTLESNAK |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Ward Charcoal Ovens: 4 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Copper, Silver, Silver, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defiance Mine | Silver, Iron | Unknown | ||
| Good Luck Shaft | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Nevada State Pit - Ely | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Paymaster Mine | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Pleiades Shaft | Zinc, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Ward | Silver, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Lead, Cadmium, Molybdenum | Producer | 1968, 1989 | |
| Welcome Stranger Tunnel | Lead, Zinc, Iron | Unknown | ||
| Ben Lamoud | Lead, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Caroline | Lead, Copper, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Mammoth Tunnel | Silver, Lead | Unknown |
Storms near this property
7 since 1998Regional 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 |
Map coverage status
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.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 71000491 in Record Group 79. |
| White Pine County | All 21 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.