Shoshone, Nevada
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Baker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89301. The Survey maps it on the Minerva quadrangle. It stands 5,791 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1948 USGS Wheeler Peak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Wheeler Peak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Lund quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Lund quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Garrison quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Minerva quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Shoshone between 2000 and 2014, burning about 2,370 acres in total. 7 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 | 7 |
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 | BRADSFORD |
| 2 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | SWALLOW |
| 2 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | POLE BOX |
| 27 July 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | BAKING POWDER |
| 25 July 2000 | Natural | 2,367 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | PHILLIPS RANCH |
| 2 July 2000 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | USFS 5 |
| 23 June 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | TUNGSTEN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Shoshone: 19 past producers, 6 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Tungsten, Silver, Silver, Copper, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackpot Claims | Gold, Tungsten, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | Scheelite, Wolframite | |
| Le Donna Prospect | Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | 1938 | |
| Minerva District | Silver, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1915, 1916 | |
| Oriole | Tungsten, Gold | Past Producer | Surface/Underground | |
| Poljack Property | Tungsten, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1939 | |
| Scheelite Chief Mine | Tungsten, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1869 | |
| Swallow Canyon Adit | Silver, Lead, Tungsten | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Usbm Sample Locality #133 | Tungsten, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Tungsten Queen | Tungsten, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Usbm Sample Locality #134 | Tungsten, Silver | Occurrence | Vein |
Storms near this place
3 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shoshone in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2023: 3 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minerva | 1.6 miles | 9 | |
| Hogum | 14.3 miles | 15 | |
| Majors Place | 15.3 miles | 18 | |
| Osceola | 16.7 miles | 15 | |
| Baker | 18.9 miles | 12 | |
| Cooper (historical) | 19.6 miles | 18 | |
| San Pedro (historical) | 19.6 miles | 15 | |
| Black Horse (historical) | 21.6 miles | 14 |
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 Shoshone | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18378360 | 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 850932. 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.





