Hiko, Nevada
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Alamo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89017. It lies in Hiko Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Hiko quadrangle. 124 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,314 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHiko grew from 119 to 124 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 | 119 | |
| 2020 | 124 | +5 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Caliente quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Caliente quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Hiko quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Timpahute Range quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Hiko between 2004 and 2013, burning about 660 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2004 | Natural | 5.5 acres | Ely District Office | SILVER |
| 20 July 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | NAT OUT ONE |
| 27 May 2005 | Natural | 137 acres | Ely District Office | MAIL SUMMI |
| 10 May 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 515 acres | Ely District Office | MAIL SUMMI |
| 1 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ely District Office | CRYSTAL SPRINGS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hiko: 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easter Project | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Crystal Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Hiko Spring | Geothermal | Unknown |
Storms near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hiko in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2017: 5 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Hiko | $10,000 | Highway 93 was flooded in numerous locations near Lincoln County mile marker 63, with pavement starting to wash out. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Hiko | $2,000 | Highway 318 was closed at mile marker 2 due to flash flooding and debris on the road. |
| September 2017 | Flash Flood | Hiko | $1,000 | A 200-300 yard stretch of Highway 318 was flooded at Hiko. |
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Hiko | $1,000 | Highway 318 was flooded in Hiko. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Hiko | - | Dime size hail in Rachel. |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | Hiko | - | Nevada Highway 318 covered with debris. |
| August 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Hiko | - | A tornado touched down briefly 5N of Hiko, NV on a ridgetop. No apparent damage as tornado touched down in open country and was on the ground for no more than two minutes. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Springs | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Logan (historical) | 9.0 miles | 9 | |
| Ash Springs | 9.6 miles | 12 | |
| Alamo | 16.3 miles | 13 | |
| Tempiute | 22.2 miles | 12 | |
| Helene | 25.0 miles | 16 | |
| Delamar | 25.9 miles | 16 | |
| Ferguson (historical) | 26.2 miles | 16 |
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 Hiko | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q968296 | 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 845862. 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.



