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Laughlin, Nevada

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Clark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89029. The Survey maps it on the Davis Dam quadrangle. 8,658 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 558 feet above sea level.

Laughlin within Clark County

Population over time

2 figures

Laughlin grew from 7,323 to 8,658 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
20107,323
20208,658+1,335 (+18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 33 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

190 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 190 fires within 5 miles of Laughlin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 277 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 3 were 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/undetermined145
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking6
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Arson/incendiarism3
Fireworks3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreLake Mead National Recreation AreaKATHERINE 2
5 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreLake Mead National Recreation AreaBULL 1
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
30 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBullhead City Fire Department1807202
29 September 1995Fireworksunder an acreLake Mead National Recreation AreaM80
24 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBullhead City Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Laughlin: 13 past producers, 3 producers, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Stone. 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
Katherine MineGold, Silver, Copper, BerylliumPast Producer1900, 1940
Katherine MineGold, Silver, Manganese, Beryllium, CopperPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStonePast Producer
Wiley Inspiration MineSilver, GoldOccurrenceGold, Silver
Homestake GroupGold, SilverPast Producer
Homestake GroupGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Katherine ExtentionGold, SilverPast Producer
Pyramid MineGold, SilverPast Producer1862, 1941
Wiley Inspiration MineGold, SilverProspect
Asphalt Material Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms near this place

19 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Laughlin in 19 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 11 flash flood, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. The reports record 8 injuries. 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 2012Thunderstorm WindLaughlin8 hurt, $10,000An eight by 12 foot window was blown out in the Riverside Casino, injuring eight people. Power was also knocked out to residential neighborhoods on the north side of town.
July 2012Flash FloodLaughlin$150,000Numerous roads were covered with water, mud and boulders. The Laughlin-Bullhead City bridge flooded. Water got into the lobbies of some of the casino hotels.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindLaughlin$100,000Trees were blown down, and roofs and siding were damaged in the Laughlin area.
October 2015Flash FloodLaughlin$20,000Nevada Telephone Cove Road was closed due to flooding, and damage occurred in the Christmas Tree Pass backcountry area.
March 2023Flash FloodLaughlin$15,000Water and debris flooded Bruce Woodbury Drive, Needles Highway, Casino Drive, and the Edgewater parking lot and garage. The floor of the Tropicana Casino also flooded.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindLaughlin$10,000Thunderstorm winds blew out several windows at the Riverside Hotel and also downed a few trees.
August 2013Flash FloodLaughlin$10,000Several roads were flooded in the Laughlin area, with one swift water rescue reported.
May 2025Flash FloodLaughlin$5,000Aztec Road was flooded, and one car was abandoned in the floodwaters.
July 2014Flash FloodLaughlin$5,000Parts of Needles Highway washed out just north of the NV/CA border.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindLaughlin$1,000A shed was damaged, and power was knocked out.
August 2016Flash FloodLaughlin$1,000Water, rocks, and debris were over Casino Drive near the Old Town Saloon.
July 2016Flash FloodLaughlin$1,000Casino Drive was covered in mud.
July 2015Flash FloodLaughlin$1,000At least six inches of water flowed through the intersection of Casino Drive and Highway 163, and the intersection of Thomas Edison and Bruce Woodbury was closed due to flooding.
August 2014Flash FloodLaughlin$1,000Needles Highway was closed from Casino Drive to the California state line.
August 2010Flash FloodLaughlin$1,000Eight inches of water and debris flowed across Aha Macav Parkway.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindLaughlin-A gust of 73 mph was measured 5 miles WNW of Laughlin, and a gust of 100 mph was measured at the mid-span of the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindLaughlin-A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 mph.
February 2012HailLaughlin-Penny size hail fell for five minutes.
August 2016HailLaughlin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clark 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
Kerwin Camp (historical)13.8 miles31
Cal-Nev-Ari19.0 miles30
Emerald City (historical)25.6 miles30
Camp Sunrise (historical)25.9 miles30
Wallace (historical)26.1 miles29
Searchlight27.5 miles30
Copper Camp (historical)27.8 miles29
Camp Dupont (historical)29.2 miles29

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 LaughlinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q594154The 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 856066. 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.