Beowawe, Nevada
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Beowawe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89821. The Survey maps it on the Beowawe quadrangle. It stands 4,695 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1955 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beowawe quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Beowawe quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Battle Mountain quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
1 photograph, 1940Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Rothstein, Arthur, 1940. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
21 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Beowawe between 1993 and 2019, burning about 17,790 acres in total. 10 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 | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 963 acres | Elko District Office | CLOSET |
| 14 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 85 acres | Elko District Office | COYOTE |
| 13 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | COTTONWOOD |
| 10 August 1993 | Natural | 40 acres | Elko District Office | BEOWAWE |
| 1 August 2018 | Natural | 38 acres | Elko District Office | RIVER |
| 8 July 2017 | Natural | 152 acres | Elko District Office | MAIDENS GRAVE |
| 6 July 2019 | Natural | 148 acres | Elko District Office | PANNING |
| 5 July 2005 | Fireworks | 657 acres | Elko District Office | BEOWOWEE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Beowawe: 6 occurrences, 4 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Silver, Barium-Barite, Silver, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Sansenina Mine | Barium-Barite, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Silver Occurrence | Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Silver | Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Beowawe Mine | Mercury | Past Producer | 1924 | |
| Beowawe Mine | Mercury | Producer | ||
| Mercury Occurrence | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Red Devil Mine | Mercury | Past Producer | 1924, 1925 | |
| Red Devil Mine | Mercury | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Mercury | Mercury | Occurrence | Cinnabar |
Storms near this place
4 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beowawe in 4 storm reports between 2003 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beowawe | - | Station (UP972) EBEOW1 upr, Elevation 4735 feet. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beowawe | - | Downburst winds occurred at station (UP972) 3.2 E Beowawe, Elevation 4734 feet. |
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Beowawe | - | State highway 306 was flooded 4 miles south of Beowawe and some highway erosion was reported. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beowawe | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down 1 1/2 inch diameter tree limbs. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Beowawe | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3495751 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856191. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.





