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Birch

Ghost town · Eureka County, Nevada

Diamond Springs quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1957, 1:62,500)
Diamond Springs quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1957, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Birch is a ghost town in Eureka County, Nevada. It is one of 17 former communities in Eureka County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 14th among the 17 Nevada counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Birch as a historical populated place on the Diamond Springs topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 39.9221° N, 115.8731° W.

In old newspapers

The earliest digitized newspaper pages printed in Nevada before 1931 that mention “Birch”, from the Library of Congress. A page may use the name for something else; open it to read the context. 1,938 pages in all.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleDiamond Springs
Elevation5,856 ft
Nearest living townEureka, NV
Distance to it28.8 miles
GNIS feature ID850880
Coordinates39.92215, -115.87311

Open the location on a map

Then and now

Drag the slider: the old USGS map on the left, the same ground from the air today on the right. Both cover the same 1.9-mile square centred on the recorded location.

Birch today, aerial view
Diamond Springs quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1957, 1:62,500)

Left: Diamond Springs quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1957, 1:62,500), U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection. Right: The same ground today: NAIP aerial imagery, USDA Farm Service Agency, National Agriculture Imagery Program (via USGS). Both public domain.

What's there now

Birch is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Eureka, NV (population 364), about 28.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 5,856 feet above sea level. The aerial view above shows what covers the ground today. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Birch?

Birch is in Eureka County, Nevada, at 39.9221, -115.8731.

How many ghost towns are in Eureka County?

Eureka County, Nevada has 17 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-06.