Schurz is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mineral County, Nevada, United States.

[2] It is located on the Walker River Indian Reservation and is the burial place of Wovoka, the Paiute messiah who originated the Ghost Dance movement.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Schurz CDP has a total area of 11.5 square miles (30 km2), all land.

The Köppen Climate System classifies the weather in this area as semi-arid, abbreviated BSk.

This climate type occurs primarily on the periphery of true deserts in low-latitude semiarid steppe regions.