Ione, Nevada
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Gabbs census division. It lies near Shamrock Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Ione quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1907 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000
- 1908 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Ione quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Ione quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Ione Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Ione quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Ione between 2001 and 2006, burning about 4 acres in total. 8 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 | 8 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Battle Mountain District Office | MUD HOLE |
| 31 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | MITCHELL |
| 31 August 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Battle Mountain District Office | MITCHEL |
| 30 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | MUD HOLE |
| 7 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | IDLEWILD |
| 4 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | UNION CANYON |
| 12 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | SAND WASH |
| 24 May 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | SPANISH SPRINGS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 73 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 73 workings within 5 miles of Ione: 29 past producers, 20 prospects, 14 occurrences, 6 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Mercury, Silver, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Iron | Past Producer | 1898 | |
| Boulder Prospect | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Copper King | Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Good Luck Mine | Copper, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Gold | Occurrence | 1898 | |
| Jjj Prospect | Zinc, Copper | Prospect | ||
| King Midas Mill | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Lookout Prospect | Gold, Copper, Mercury, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Mountain Prospect | Gold, Silver, Mercury | Prospect | ||
| Sky Claims | Gold, Barium-Barite, Silver | Producer | Barite | |
| Spar Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | 1951 |
Storms near this place
2 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ione in 2 storm reports in 1997: 2 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.
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shamrock (historical) | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Knickerbocker (historical) | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Idlewild (historical) | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Glen Hamilton (historical) | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Berlin | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Union (historical) | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Midas (historical) | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Reese River | 7.1 miles | 14 |
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 Ione | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3311529 | 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 860136. 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.








