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Osceola, Nevada

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Baker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89301. It lies near Jacks Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Hogum quadrangle.

Osceola within White Pine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

17 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Osceola between 1992 and 2020, burning about 155 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 3 were 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
Natural9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
14 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreEly District OfficeSACTO 1
14 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreEly District OfficeSACTO 2
14 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreEly District OfficeSACRAMENTO
4 August 2019Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeSACRAMENTO PASS
30 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEly District OfficeSCUFF
29 August 2003Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeWEAVER CR
20 August 2013Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeHOG
18 August 2013Natural146 acresEly District OfficeWILLARD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in White Pine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 101 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 101 workings within 5 miles of Osceola: 48 past producers, 24 occurrences, 22 prospects, 5 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Silver, Lead. 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
Cumberland MineGold, Silver, Copper, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Gilded Age No. 1 MineGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, ZincPast Producer
Joe Bar No. 2Silver, GoldPast Producer
Osceola District Lode DepositsGold, Tungsten, Lead, Molybdenum, ManganesePast Producer1872, 1940
Osceola Mine & MillGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Pea Ridge MineTungsten, GoldPast Producer1916
Serpent ClaimGold, LeadPast Producer1908
Serpent ClaimGold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Spring Valley Crystal MineQuartzProspect
Tungsten Queen PropertyTungsten, Copper, Gold, LeadPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in White Pine County

Storms near this place

1 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Osceola in 1 storm report in 2014: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2014Flash FloodOsceola$1,000Ten inches of water was observed flowing over US Highway 6 near Sacramento Pass. Damages estimated.

Every storm recorded in White Pine 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
Hogum2.7 miles15
San Pedro (historical)4.8 miles15
Black Horse (historical)6.7 miles14
Cooper (historical)10.5 miles18
Majors Place11.3 miles18
Cleveland (historical)12.6 miles12
Baker14.9 miles12
Taylor (historical)15.9 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 860850. 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.