Schoer Place, Nevada
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Wells census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89835. The Survey maps it on the Loomis Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Wells quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Loomis Mtn quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Wells quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Schoer Place between 1996 and 2018, burning about 488 acres in total. 6 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 | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | POLE |
| 4 July 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | MONARCH |
| 31 July 1996 | Natural | 250 acres | Elko District Office | LOOMIS CK. |
| 26 July 2012 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Elko District Office | LOOMIS |
| 25 July 2018 | Natural | 236 acres | Elko District Office | SPRING |
| 11 July 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | LOOMIS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Schoer Place: 10 occurrences, 3 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Rock | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Black Rock Group of Four Claims | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| A & L | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Annie | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Buck | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Consolation Barite | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | Barite | |
| Dry Creek Mill | Barium-Barite | Producer | 1984 | |
| E.R.A. | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| F - B | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Hunch Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shores | 7.9 miles | 9 | |
| Afton (historical) | 9.9 miles | 9 | |
| Wilkins | 10.1 miles | 9 | |
| Melandco | 14.5 miles | 10 | |
| Henry | 15.8 miles | 9 | |
| Morton (historical) | 16.2 miles | 11 | |
| Morlan (historical) | 18.0 miles | 10 | |
| Riverside (historical) | 18.1 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122541268 | 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 856131. 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.




