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Flanigan, Nevada

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the High Desert census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89510. The Survey maps it on the Flanigan quadrangle. It stands 4,006 feet above sea level.

Flanigan within Washoe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 20 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

19 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Flanigan between 1993 and 2019, burning about 1,439 acres in total. 9 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
Natural9
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
3 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreCarson City District OfficeRAILROAD
27 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreCarson City District OfficeRAILROAD
23 August 2008Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreCarson City District OfficeFLANNIGAN
23 August 1999Natural400 acresCarson City District OfficeSPRINGS
10 August 1993Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeFLANIGAN
6 July 2007Natural675 acresCarson City District OfficeWNA 8
5 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.5 acresCarson City District OfficeFISH
28 July 2017Railroad operations and maintenance3.4 acresCarson City District OfficeRAIL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washoe County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Flanigan: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Calcium, Diatomite, Limestone, General, Clay. 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
Clay MineClayPast Producer
Double CheckLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Double Check DepositCalcium, DiatomitePast Producer1919
Double Check ProspectCalciumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washoe County

Storms near this place

2 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flanigan in 2 storm reports in 2025: 2 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
August 2025Thunderstorm WindFlanigan-The mesonet station 9 miles W of the Needle Rocks. Additional thunderstorm gusts included 53 mph at Locklock ASOS station, and a 44 mph outflow gust 4 miles SE of New Washoe City.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindFlanigan-A 57 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust 4.6 miles northeast of Schurz.

Every storm recorded in Washoe 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
Zenobia7.8 miles17
Sand Pass8.5 miles18
Pyramid11.8 miles18
Sano16.0 miles19
Sutcliffe21.5 miles23
Sheepshead21.6 miles18
Smoke Creek22.4 miles19
Pyramid (historical)25.5 miles22

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 FlaniganAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q21188212The 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 840501. 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.