Austin, Nevada
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Austin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89310. It lies near Cedar Ravine. The Survey maps it on the Austin quadrangle. 167 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,605 feet above sea level.
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On record in Austin
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 12 records
Austin Cemeterylisted 2003
Austin City Halllisted 2003
Austin Historic Districtlisted 1971
Austin Masonic and Odd Fellows Halllisted 2003
Austin Methodist Churchlisted 2003
Gridley Storelisted 2003
Lander County Courthouselisted 2003
Lander County High Schoollisted 2000
Nevada Central Turntablelisted 2003
St. Augustine's Catholic Churchlisted 2003
St. George's Episcopal Churchlisted 2003
Stokes Castlelisted 2003
Population over time
2 figuresAustin fell from 192 to 167 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 192 | |
| 2020 | 167 | -25 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1955 USGS Millett quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Austin quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Millett quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Smith Creek Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Austin quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
8 of 10 photographs shown, 1940Taken 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.
Rothstein, Arthur, 1940. Library of Congress
Rothstein, Arthur, 1940. Library of Congress
Rothstein, Arthur, 1940. Library of Congress
Rothstein, Arthur, 1940. Library of Congress
Rothstein, Arthur, 1940. Library of Congress
Rothstein, Arthur, 1940. Library of Congress
Rothstein, Arthur, 1940. Library of Congress
Rothstein, Arthur, 1940. Library of Congress
Every photograph of Lander County
Fires near this place
31 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Austin between 1993 and 2019, burning about 1,064 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | AUSTIN |
| 3 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | REEDS WILLOW |
| 21 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | AUSTIN |
| 20 September 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | RODEO |
| 10 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | BOB SCOTT (309) |
| 1 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | BADE |
| 4 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | SUBSTATION |
| 30 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | ROADSIDE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 189 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 189 workings within 5 miles of Austin: 159 past producers, 13 unknowns, 11 prospects, 4 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Uranium, Silver, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amador Mine | Antimony, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Austin Custom Mill | Antimony, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Bc and Ar Claims | Gold, Uranium, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Belle Wilder Incline | Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Cambrian and New York Mine | Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold | Past Producer | 1869 | |
| Castle Mountain Mine | Lead, Manganese, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Eclipse Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Eclipse Tunnel | Silver, Copper, Gold | Unknown | ||
| Frost Shaft | Silver, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Hardy Mine | Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Austin in 6 storm reports between 2001 and 2015: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2015 | Flash Flood | Austin | $1,000 | Reports and pictures from social media showed flash flooding in and around Austin. Time estimated based off radar. Damages are estimated. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | - | Reported by the Desatoya RAWS station. |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Austin | - | Lander county sheriff reported water running over state highway 305 between Austin and Battle Mountain. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | - | Red Butte Raws reported a wind gust to 60 mph. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clifton (historical) | 0.6 miles | 12 | |
| Yankee Blade | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Canon City | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Amador (historical) | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Jacobsville (historical) | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Skookum (historical) | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Clinton (historical) | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Geneva (historical) | 6.7 miles | 12 |
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 Austin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q780913 | 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 858766. 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.




