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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.

Schoer Place within Elko County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

6 since 1996

Regional 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
Natural6

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
25 August 2006Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficePOLE
4 July 2013Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeMONARCH
31 July 1996Natural250 acresElko District OfficeLOOMIS CK.
26 July 2012Natural1.5 acresElko District OfficeLOOMIS
25 July 2018Natural236 acresElko District OfficeSPRING
11 July 2017Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeLOOMIS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Black RockManganeseOccurrence
Black Rock Group of Four ClaimsManganeseProspect
A & LBarium-BariteOccurrence
AnnieBarium-BariteOccurrence
BuckBarium-BariteOccurrence
Consolation BariteBarium-BaritePast ProducerBarite
Dry Creek MillBarium-BariteProducer1984
E.R.A.Barium-BariteOccurrence
F - BBarium-BariteOccurrence
Hunch MineBarium-BaritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Elko 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
Shores7.9 miles9
Afton (historical)9.9 miles9
Wilkins10.1 miles9
Melandco14.5 miles10
Henry15.8 miles9
Morton (historical)16.2 miles11
Morlan (historical)18.0 miles10
Riverside (historical)18.1 miles9

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 Q122541268The 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.