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Lamoille, Nevada

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Elko census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89828. It stands on Snell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lamoille quadrangle. 130 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,889 feet above sea level.

Lamoille within Elko County

On record in Lamoille

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

Population over time

2 figures

Lamoille grew from 105 to 130 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.

YearPeople Change
2010105
2020130+25 (+24%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

43 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Lamoille between 1999 and 2020, burning about 10,964 acres in total. 12 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
30 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined9,205 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestRANGE TWO
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreElko County Fire Protection DistrictLOWER CANYON
11 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestPOWER HOUSE
5 August 2012Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestLAMOILLE
5 August 2012Natural264 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestCOLD CREEK
29 August 2017Natural1,129 acresElko District OfficeRABBIT CREEK
27 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreElko District OfficeLIONS CAMP
27 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreElko District OfficeLAMOILLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lamoille: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, Dimension. 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
Bald MtnStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Marble OccurrenceMarble, DimensionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Elko County

Storms near this place

16 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lamoille in 16 storm reports between 2003 and 2023: 6 flash flood, 4 debris flow, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2021Flash FloodLamoille$800,000At least 15 different debris flows were caused by previous thunderstorms/heavy rain during the afternoon. Multiple reports came from the US Forest Service, Elko County Road Department, and Nevada Department of Transportation. USFS 660 will be closed until further notice. The height of debris flows is estimated to be between 4 and 8 feet within a 4-mile length of road.
June 2010FloodLamoille$9,000Lamoille Creek swelled by snow melt flooded multiple residential properties and a few businesses in the town of Lamoille. For a brief time water flowed over Lamoille highway.
June 2010FloodLamoille$7,000Flooding of Lamoille Creek undermined a retaining wall in the Thomas Canyon campground.
August 2022Debris FlowLamoille$5,000A 1.5 to 2 mile stretch of road was closed in Lamoille Canyon after a couple of debris flows occurred depositing fine sand, mud, and stones on the roadway. The road was closed for 3 hours for cleanup. The BURN2 RAWS station placed last summer near the Thomas Canyon Campground in Lamoille Canyon measured 0.57 inches of rain in 1 hour, from 15:45 LT to 16:45 LT. At 17:42LT a shift log entry referenced a phone call from a Forest Service representative that said there were some debris flows and that the road was closed. It was reopened at 20:45LT after crews cleared the road.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindLamoille$1,000Thunderstorm winds estimated up to 60 mph caused damage to a fence. Damages are estimated.
July 2023Flash FloodLamoille-Lamoille Canyon Road (Forest Service Road 660) on the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forests Mountain City-Ruby Mountains-Jarbidge Ranger District near Elko, Nevada, was closed to motorized vehicles from Thomas Canyon Campground to Roads End Trailhead due to multiple debris slides that occurred in Lamoille canyon dude to heavy rainfall. A portable RAWS site in the canyon measured 1.04 inches in an hour preceding the mudslides.
April 2023Debris FlowLamoille-Moisture locked up in mountain snow began to melt in Lamoille Canyon from temperatures in the 60s and 70s. This caused large rocks and boulders to fall onto and close USFS-660 from the Powerhouse Group Picnic Area to Thomas Canyon Campground.
August 2022Debris FlowLamoille-A USGS Hydrologist relayed through dispatch at approximately 19:15LT that there was a minor debris flow 1.9 miles above the Thomas Canyon Campground. The BURN2 station located at Thomas Canyon Campground recorded 0.15 in the previous 3 hours. Although the Lamoille #3 SNOTEL reported over 1 inch for the past 6 hours, with 0.7 inches reported ending at 1500LT and an additional 0.5 for the hour ending at 1600LT, although SNOTELs only report to the nearest tenth of an inch. Additionally, neither MRMS nor Dual Pol had been reporting anything significant over the Rubies since 1600LT. Although there was some debris on the road, the material was small enough that driving through it was manageable.
August 2022Debris FlowLamoille-On the evening of August 12th, Lamoille Canyon received some brief periods of heavy rainfall. The BURN2 site located at the Thomas Canyon Campground in Lamoille Canyon recorded 0.34 inches that fell over a 15-minute span from 2100 to 2115LT. The area continued to get some more rain and ended up with 0.49 inches in 1 hour from 2100 to 2200 LT. Shortly thereafter a debris flow was reported in the area by a hydrologist from the USGS. Some water, mud, silt, and small rocks washed over the road depositing the silt and mud on the roadway. The hydrologist reiterated that 0.25 inches for 15 minutes or 1 inch/hr seem to be a good threshold for debris flows to occur.
July 2021Flash FloodLamoille-Prolonged and heavy rainfall from showers parked over the Ruby Mountains produced radar estimated rainfall accumulations of 2 to 3 inches. This caused flash flooding and an area of debris flow including mud, sand, and rock over the roadway. It was estimated some spots of debris be 2 to 4 feet deep on the roadway per photos and first-hand reports.
September 2013Flash FloodLamoille-National Weather Service employees reported three separate areas of water, mud, and debris, which flowed across the road in Lamoille Canyon. Most of the flash flooding was below Thomas Canyon campground.
September 2013Flash FloodLamoille-NWS employee reported at least 1 foot of mud and debris covered the road.
June 2004Tornado (F0)Lamoille-Two off duty NWS employees saw small rope-like tornado approximately 5 miles north of the town of Lamoille. It appeared to be moving slowly towards the south.
August 2003Flash FloodLamoille-The Elko County sheriff reported a mudslide across the road in Lamoille Canyon blocked half of the roadway.
July 2015HailLamoille-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindLamoille-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Elko 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
Pleasant Valley2.2 miles10
Voight (historical)3.2 miles12
Brennen Ranch5.5 miles10
Spring Creek5.7 miles10
Lee13.0 miles10
Fair Play (historical)13.6 miles14
Elburz13.9 miles11
Coral Hill (historical)14.4 miles10

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 LamoilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3452155The 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 860296. 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.