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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.

Shoshone within White Pine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

7 since 2000

Regional 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
Natural7

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
4 September 2006Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeBRADSFORD
2 August 2014Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeSWALLOW
2 August 2000Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficePOLE BOX
27 July 2011Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeBAKING POWDER
25 July 2000Natural2,367 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestPHILLIPS RANCH
2 July 2000Natural2.0 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestUSFS 5
23 June 2001Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestTUNGSTEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in White Pine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Jackpot ClaimsGold, Tungsten, Silver, Fluorine-FluoritePast ProducerScheelite, Wolframite
Le Donna ProspectLead, Copper, Silver, ZincPast Producer1938
Minerva DistrictSilver, TungstenPast Producer1915, 1916
OrioleTungsten, GoldPast ProducerSurface/Underground
Poljack PropertyTungsten, Gold, SilverPast Producer1939
Scheelite Chief MineTungsten, Copper, SilverPast Producer1869
Swallow Canyon AditSilver, Lead, TungstenOccurrenceVein
Usbm Sample Locality #133Tungsten, Silver, CopperOccurrenceVein
Tungsten QueenTungsten, SilverPast ProducerVein
Usbm Sample Locality #134Tungsten, SilverOccurrenceVein

Every working recorded in White Pine County

Storms near this place

3 since 2012

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2023Thunderstorm WindShoshone-Station (DNEP2) 3.1 E Shoshone dri, Elevation 7225 feet.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindShoshone-Station (DNEP2) 3.1 E Shoshone (dri) Elevation 7225 feet.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindShoshone-no account filed

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
Minerva1.6 miles9
Hogum14.3 miles15
Majors Place15.3 miles18
Osceola16.7 miles15
Baker18.9 miles12
Cooper (historical)19.6 miles18
San Pedro (historical)19.6 miles15
Black Horse (historical)21.6 miles14

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 ShoshoneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18378360The 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.