Johnnie, Nevada
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pahrump census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89060. It lies near Mount Montgomery. The Survey maps it on the Mount Schader quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 21 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.
- 1908 USGS Furnace Creek quadrangle1:250000
- 1910 USGS Furnace Creek quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Mt. Schader quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Death Valley Junction quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Johnnie between 2005 and 2017, burning about 346 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2005 | Natural | 23 acres | Southern Nevada District Office | GRAPEVINE2 |
| 24 August 2017 | Natural | 6.8 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | JOHNIE |
| 17 July 2006 | Natural | 315 acres | Southern Nevada District Office | CRYSTAL |
| 3 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | NYE 1 |
| 20 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | TWO BROTHERS |
| 14 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | ROADRUNNER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Johnnie: 10 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labbe Mine | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Lead Prospect | Lead | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Lead | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Congress Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Luck Group | Silver | Unknown | ||
| Bear Claims | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Butterfly Claims | Gold | Occurrence | Surface/Underground | |
| Congress Mine | Gold | Past Producer | 1890 | |
| Delta Claim Group | Gold | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
6 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Johnnie in 6 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 5 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2019 | Flash Flood | Johnnie | $20,000 | About two feet of water and mud flowed over Highway 160 at Roadrunner Rd, with one swift water rescue, at least one vehicle stuck in the mud, and other vehicles stranded due to water. |
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Johnnie | $20,000 | Bell Vista Road was severely damaged by flooding. |
| October 2025 | Lightning | Johnnie | $10,000 | A house near Mae Road was struck by lightning, knocking off the siding and scorching the house, but not setting fire to it. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Johnnie | $2,000 | Water and debris flowed over Highway 160. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Johnnie | $2,000 | Mud and debris closed Crystal Road. |
| September 2023 | Flash Flood | Johnnie | $1,000 | Bell Vista Rd was flooded near Ash Meadows Rd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labbe Camp | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| Bowlerville (historical) | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| Crystal | 7.1 miles | 21 | |
| Stirling (historical) | 7.5 miles | 20 | |
| Amargosa (historical) | 11.3 miles | 24 | |
| Ashmeadow (historical) | 12.5 miles | 24 | |
| Camp Desert Rock | 14.6 miles | 26 | |
| Pahrump | 15.3 miles | 20 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122561710 | 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 856055. 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.











