Thorne, Nevada
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Hawthorne census division. The Survey maps it on the Hawthorne East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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.
- 1909 USGS Hawthorne quadrangle1:250000
- 1911 USGS Hawthorne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1915 USGS Hawthorne quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Hawthorne quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Hawthorne East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
Photographs
8 of 34 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
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Every photograph of Mineral County
Fires near this place
1 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Thorne in 2000, burning about 5 acres in total. 1 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 June 2000 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Carson City District Office | GRANT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Thorne: 12 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Bentonite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kyanite, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andalusite-Pyrophyllite Occurrence | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | ||
| Blue Bottle | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Blue Bottle Claims | Uranium, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Dover and Green Talc Mines | Aluminum | Past Producer | 1929 | |
| Hawaiian Group | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Lucky Boy Mine | Silver, Gold, Lead, Tungsten, Zinc | Past Producer | Argentite, Brochantite, Galena, Linarite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Malapais Claims | Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Walker Lake Deposit | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Dover and Green Talc | Gold | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Green Talc | Kyanite, Corundum, Aluminum | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thorne in 3 storm reports between 2021 and 2023: 2 flash flood, 1 debris flow. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Debris Flow | Thorne | - | NDOT reported that 2.0 mi NW of Walker Lake, NV, US 95 was closed between Schurz, NV, and Hawthorne, NV, due to a major rockfall. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Thorne | - | Water on roadway - on US-95 in both directions near Garfield Flat Road in Mineral County, NV. Single lane alternating traffic. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Thorne | - | Nevada DOT reported flooding across US 95 east of Hawthorne at mile marker 40 and flooding across US 95 between Mina and 9 miles north of Mina. The road was closed near Mina due to flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babbitt | 5.0 miles | 22 | |
| Hawthorne | 5.6 miles | 23 | |
| Schweer Housing Area | 5.8 miles | 22 | |
| Dutch Creek (historical) | 8.9 miles | 21 | |
| Walker Lake | 9.2 miles | 21 | |
| Buckley Camp (historical) | 9.6 miles | 21 | |
| Coryville (historical) | 10.5 miles | 22 | |
| Lucky Boy (historical) | 10.8 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 844291. 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.









