Oasis

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Oasis

Elevation5870 m

Land area2.31 km²

Weather73°F · Sunny

Coordinates41.03°, -114.48°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Oasis is a census-designated place (CDP) located in eastern Elko County, Nevada, United States, at the junction of State Route 233 and Interstate 80, 31 miles (50 km) northwest of the Utah border and 77 miles (124 km) east of Elko. As of the 2020 census, Oasis had a population of 4.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Montello, NV from NOAA NWS API.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Nearby places in Nevada

• Montello
  22 mi away · pop. 80
• Wells
  25.5 mi away · pop. 1,352
• West Wendover
  28.8 mi away · pop. 4,514
• Lamoille
  56.5 mi away
• Spring Creek
  61.8 mi away
• Osino
  62.1 mi away
• Jackpot
  66.4 mi away
• Elko
  68.7 mi away · pop. 20,564
• Carlin
  87.9 mi away · pop. 2,088
• Mountain City
  95.2 mi away · pop. 16
• Owyhee
  109.2 mi away
• McGill
  113.5 mi away · pop. 1,050

Browse all places in Nevada →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Oasis

Birds of the Lahontan Valley

Graham Chisholm · 2001

Oasis in the Desert

Travis Burns · 2012

Magnetotelluric data in the Pahute Mesa and Oasis Valley areas, Nye County, Nevada

Clifford J. Schenkel · 1999

Schlumberger soundings in the Oasis Valley near Beatty, Nevada

Robert J Bisdorf · 1998

Geologic evaluation of the Oasis Valley basin, Nye County, Nevada

C. J. Fridrich · 1999

Desert Oasis

Richard V. N. Ahlstrom · 2005

Geochemistry of ground water associated with tuffaceous rocks, Oasis Valley, Nevada

Art F. White · 1979

Oasis - SAQA Regional Exhibit 2015

Jamie Fingal · 2015

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Oxley, Elko, Nevada
  Wildfires · 2026-08-24 · 26 mi
• Wildfire Forleen, Elko, Nevada
  Wildfires · 2026-08-24 · 41 mi
• Wildfire California Creek, Elko, Nevada
  Wildfires · 2026-08-25 · 94 mi
• Wildfire Brushy Canyon, Box Elder, Utah
  Wildfires · 2026-08-27 · 105 mi
• Wildfire Salt Wells, Box Elder, Utah
  Wildfires · 2026-08-21 · 108 mi
• Wildfire Antelope Creek, Elko, Nevada
  Wildfires · 2026-08-02 · 108 mi
• Wildfire Tom Creek, Tooele, Utah
  Wildfires · 2026-08-24 · 117 mi
• Wildfire North Heglar, Cassia, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-08-19 · 124 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Plains Pricklypear

Opuntia polyacantha

Seen 2026-08-17

Curlycup Gumweed

Grindelia squarrosa

Seen 2026-08-15

Rubber Rabbitbrush

Ericameria nauseosa

Seen 2026-07-07

Yellow Sweetclover

Melilotus officinalis

Seen 2026-07-07

broad-keeled milkvetch

Astragalus platytropis

Seen 2026-06-13

Great Basin Desert Buckwheat

Eriogonum brevicaule desertorum

Seen 2026-06-13

Cactus Coreid Bug

Chelinidea vittiger

Seen 2026-06-12

flatbud prickly poppy

Argemone munita

Seen 2026-06-12

Argynnis callippe harmonia

Argynnis callippe harmonia

Seen 2026-06-12

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).