Golconda, Nevada
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Golconda census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89414. The Survey maps it on the Golconda quadrangle. 182 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,403 feet above sea level.
On record in Golconda
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 1 record
Golconda Schoollisted 1991
Population over time
2 figuresGolconda fell from 214 to 182 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 | 214 | |
| 2020 | 182 | -32 (-15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1932 USGS Sonoma Range quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1939 USGS Sonoma Range quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Edna Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Golconda quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Golconda between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,710 acres in total. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | EDEN VLY |
| 3 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | TOBIN |
| 25 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | 198 |
| 21 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | Winnemucca District Office | STANFORD ST |
| 11 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | 5TH STREET |
| 7 August 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | HUMCOASST2 |
| 30 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Winnemucca District Office | GOLCONDA |
| 28 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | MM 194 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Golconda: 11 past producers, 7 unknowns, 6 occurrences, 3 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Gold, Manganese, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Br Claims | Copper, Silver, Lead | Occurrence | Chrysocolla | |
| Golconda Hot Spring, Harris Property | Uranium, Thorium | Occurrence | Hot Spring | |
| Golconda Hot Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Golconda Mine | Manganese, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1890 | |
| Golconda Tungten | Fluorine-Fluorite, Tungsten, Manganese, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Horton Mine | Barium-Barite, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| July 4 Claim | Copper, Iron, Silver, Manganese | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Kramer Hill Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1907, 1908 | |
| Kramer Hill Mine | Gold, Silver, Mercury, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic, Antimony | Plant | 1907, 1990 | |
| NBMG Sample Site 491 | Barium-Barite, Copper, Antimony, Manganese | Occurrence | Barite, Malachite |
Storms near this place
6 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Golconda in 6 storm reports between 2003 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Golconda | $1,000 | Humboldt County Sheriff reported water and debris over route 789. Damages are estimated. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Golconda | $100 | Minor hail damage with leaves and small branches down. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Golconda | - | Station (GCRNV), 5.1 miles E Golconda, Elevation 5164 feet. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Golconda | - | Station (GCSNV), 5.1 miles ESE Golconda, 5164 feet. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Golconda | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Golconda | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview (historical) | 2.8 miles | 21 | |
| Preble | 5.1 miles | 23 | |
| Bliss | 8.2 miles | 16 | |
| Comus | 9.2 miles | 16 | |
| Adelaide (historical) | 9.6 miles | 21 | |
| Tule | 9.8 miles | 16 | |
| Gold Run (historical) | 9.9 miles | 21 | |
| Iron Point (historical) | 11.3 miles | 22 |
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 Golconda | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3478491 | 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 856255. 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.







