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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.

Ione within Nye County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

8 since 2001

Regional 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
Natural8

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
31 August 2001Natural1.0 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeMUD HOLE
31 August 2001Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestMITCHELL
31 August 2001Natural1.0 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeMITCHEL
30 August 2001Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestMUD HOLE
7 July 2006Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestIDLEWILD
4 July 2001Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestUNION CANYON
12 July 2002Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestSAND WASH
24 May 2001Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestSPANISH SPRINGS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nye County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 73 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Berlin MineSilver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, IronPast Producer1898
Boulder ProspectGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincProspect
Copper KingCopper, Silver, Lead, GoldPast Producer
Good Luck MineCopper, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, GoldOccurrence1898
Jjj ProspectZinc, CopperProspect
King Midas MillSilver, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Lookout ProspectGold, Copper, Mercury, SilverProspect
Mountain ProspectGold, Silver, MercuryProspect
Sky ClaimsGold, Barium-Barite, SilverProducerBarite
Spar ProspectFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence1951

Every working recorded in Nye County

Storms near this place

2 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1997Flash FloodIone$10,000no account filed
July 1997Flash FloodIone-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Nye County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Shamrock (historical)2.1 miles17
Knickerbocker (historical)2.3 miles17
Idlewild (historical)4.6 miles12
Glen Hamilton (historical)4.7 miles17
Berlin4.7 miles17
Union (historical)5.6 miles17
Midas (historical)6.6 miles12
Reese River7.1 miles14

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 IoneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3311529The 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.