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Verdi, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the East Sierra census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89439. It stands on South Branch Dog Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dog Valley quadrangle. 179 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,349 feet above sea level.

Verdi within Sierra County

Then and now

1890 to 2000

The same ground, surveyed 110 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Verdi, surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Verdi, surveyed 1890

Population over time

2 figures

Verdi grew from 162 to 179 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010162
2020179+17 (+10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 26 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

165 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Verdi between 1992 and 2020, burning about 22,956 acres in total. 76 started naturally. 5 were 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
Natural76
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Recreation and ceremony28
Equipment and vehicle use18
Arson/incendiarism5
Debris and open burning3
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestCALIFORNIA
5 September 1998Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestSILVER FOX
4 September 2019Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestTREALEASE
30 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestPALLETS FIRE
3 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresReno Fire DepartmentBOOMTOWN
3 September 1998Natural1.0 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestCOUNTY
25 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestSTATELINE
25 September 1994Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestVERDI

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sierra County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Verdi: 5 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite. 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
Beacon LightCopper, SilverPast Producer
Dana Park PitGraniteProducer
PeavineDiatomiteOccurrence
Peavine Creek AreaGold, Lead, Silver, ZincProspect
Verdi ProspectMolybdenum, GoldOccurrence
Walts Zinc ProspectZinc, TungstenProspect
A.A. Jack Verdi PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Peavine Mt. D.G. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dog CreekUraniumOccurrence
Silver Streak ValleyUraniumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sierra 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
Sierra Pines0.4 miles26
Calvada (historical)4.3 miles35
Peavine10.6 miles25
Antelope (historical)12.7 miles25
Sierra Brooks13.5 miles24
Loyalton16.0 miles24
Campbell Hot Springs18.1 miles24
Sierraville19.3 miles24

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 VerdiAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6160569The 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 1733189. 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.