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One of 21 National Register listings published here for White Pine County · listed in 1977 · category: Site.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Fort Schellbourne (Boundary Increase)
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
The listing
- Address. N of Ely off US93, Ely, 89301
- When was it listed? August 1977
- Category. site
- Census division. McGill
- National Register reference number. 77001544 - 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
17 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Fort Schellbourne (Boundary Increase) between 1994 and 2019, burning about 68 acres in total. 12 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 | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | TEHAMA |
| 19 September 1999 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Ely District Office | GROUCH |
| 31 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | NAT OUT FOURTEEN |
| 23 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | STONE HOUSE |
| 5 July 1997 | Fireworks | 3.0 acres | Ely District Office | ROSELUND |
| 27 July 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | USFS ASST 4- SIEGEL |
| 25 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | ROSE |
| 10 July 2007 | Natural | 52 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | SCHELLBOURNE |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Fort Schellbourne (Boundary Increase): 10 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Crown Mine | Manganese, Gold, Iron, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| May Queen Group | Lead, Silver | Past Producer | 1872 | |
| May Queen Mines | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Victory | Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| White Horse | Tungsten, Copper, Antimony | Past Producer | 1952 | |
| Mcmahon Mine | Silver, Copper | Past Producer | 1871 | |
| Nutmeg Grater | Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Schell Creek Mines | Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Storm Ledge | Silver, Copper | Past Producer | Vein | |
| White Horse | Tungsten | Occurrence |
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.
Listed places nearby
1 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Schellbourne | 1.2 miles | 1972 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 77001544 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.