Pioche, Nevada
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Pioche census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89043. It lies near Lime Hill. The Survey maps it on the Pioche quadrangle. 933 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,060 feet above sea level.
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On record in Pioche
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 6 records
1938 Lincoln County Courthouselisted 2002
Bristol Wells Town Sitelisted 1972
Brown's Hall-Thompson's Opera Houselisted 1984
Gem Theaterlisted 2024
Lincoln County Courthouselisted 1978- Pioche Firehouselisted 2018
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Old Lincoln County Courthouse, Piochefederal building survey, 1 photograph
Population over time
2 figuresPioche fell from 1,002 to 933 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,002 | |
| 2020 | 933 | -69 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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.
- 1885 USGS Pioche quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1886 USGS Pioche quadrangle1:250000
- 1921 USGS Ely Range quadrangle1:48000
- 1921 USGS NW 1/4 Panaca quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Pioche quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Caliente quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Caliente quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Caliente quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
8 of 21 photographs shown, 2022Taken 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.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Every photograph of Lincoln County
Fires near this place
113 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Pioche between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,439 acres in total. 94 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 94 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | CASELTON |
| 4 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | RED CONE |
| 3 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | PANAM |
| 3 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | NATURAL OUT 13 |
| 16 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | EDDIE B |
| 15 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | HAMLIGHT |
| 1 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ely District Office | PIOCHE |
| 1 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ely District Office | CASTLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 126 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 126 workings within 5 miles of Pioche: 80 past producers, 20 occurrences, 20 prospects, 3 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Silver, Silver, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abe Lincoln Mine | Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Manganese, Iron | Past Producer | 1867, 1885 | |
| Agricultural Minerals Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | 1975 | |
| Alps Mine | Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Antimony | Past Producer | 1870, 1871 | |
| Arcane Mining Co. Property | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Black Prince Mine | Silver, Gold, Lead, Manganese, Zinc | Past Producer | Wad | |
| Black Prince Mine | Zinc, Silver, Manganese, Lead, Gold | Past Producer | 1952 | |
| Blue Queen Claims | Zinc, Silver, Copper, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Bumagin Shaft | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper | Prospect | ||
| California-Pioche Shaft | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Barium-Barite, Manganese, Antimony | Past Producer | Barite, Chalcopyrite, Galena | |
| California-Pioche Shaft | Gold, Silver, Manganese, Lead | Prospect |
Storms near this place
17 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pioche in 17 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 11 flash flood, 4 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2018 | Flash Flood | Pioche | $150,000 | There was flash flooding in the Pioche and Panaca areas, including an eight mile stretch of Highway 322 east of Pioche. Highway 93 was starting to wash out near mile marker 113. At Cathedral Gorge State Park, a guardrail was taken out by flood water, and the campground was inundated with four feet of water. |
| October 2018 | Flash Flood | Pioche | $50,000 | Flash flooding on Main Street in Pioche left water and debris in the street and water in several buildings. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Pioche | $25,000 | Water entered the basement of a home in Pioche, damaging two bedrooms. Rocks and debris accumulated on several streets. 2.73 inches of rain fell in two hours. |
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Pioche | $25,000 | Water came up over the sidewalks and into some businesses along Main Street in Pioche. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pioche | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew a power pole down onto a house. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Pioche | $10,000 | Flooding damaged a road and inundated a hay field. |
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Pioche | $10,000 | Mud and debris covered Highway 322 just east of Pioche, and there was erosion damage to several agricultural fields in the area. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Pioche | $2,000 | Main Street in Pioche was flooded with water, rocks, and debris. |
| August 2015 | Flash Flood | Pioche | $2,000 | Water and debris flowed over Highway 322 between mile markers 4 and 9. |
| September 2021 | Flash Flood | Pioche | $1,000 | Six inches of water flowed over Main Street in Pioche. |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Pioche | $1,000 | Water and debris covered the intersection of Highway 322 and Alexander Ave. |
| July 2005 | Hail | Pioche | - | Dime size hail. |
| November 2005 | Hail | Pioche | - | Fell for 5-10 minutes. |
| September 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Pioche | - | The Lincoln County Sheriff reported a brief touchdown of a weak tornado in an open field between Pioche and Echo Canyon State Park. The tornado disturbed some irrigation pipes, but no significant damage was reported. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Pioche | - | no account filed |
| September 2011 | Hail | Pioche | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Flash Flood | Pioche | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caselton Heights | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Caselton | 1.9 miles | 19 | |
| Prince | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Princeton (historical) | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Mendha | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Highland (historical) | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Big Trees | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Delmues (historical) | 8.4 miles | 16 |
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 Pioche | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3245936 | 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 854572. 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.







