Minden, Nevada
32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Gardnerville-Minden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89423. It stands on Cottonwood Slough. The Survey maps it on the Minden quadrangle. 3,442 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,724 feet above sea level.
On record in Minden
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 11 records
Carson Valley Improvement Club Halllisted 1983
Douglas County Courthouselisted 1986
Farmers Bank of Carson Valleylisted 1986
Farmers' Bank of Carson Valleylisted 2000
Genoa Historic Districtlisted 1975
Home Ranchlisted 1980
Minden Butter Manufacturing Companylisted 1986
Minden Elementary Schoollisted 2008
Minden Flour Milling Companylisted 1978
Minden Innlisted 1986
Minden Wool Warehouselisted 1986
Population over time
2 figuresMinden grew from 3,001 to 3,442 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 | 3,001 | |
| 2020 | 3,442 | +441 (+15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 32 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.
- 1889 USGS Markleeville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Markleeville quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Markleeville quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1948 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Freel Peak quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Minden quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1974 USGS Minden quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Smith Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
22 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Minden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 29 acres in total. 5 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 | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | WALLEY |
| 3 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | MOTT |
| 29 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | East Fork Fire and Paramedic District | 88 |
| 23 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Carson City District Office | RANCH |
| 19 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | KINSGBURY |
| 31 July 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Carson City District Office | BIA 12 |
| 28 July 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | WARRIOR |
| 26 July 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | LOWER ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Minden: 4 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Sulfur, Uranium, Thorium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunch and Lucky Strike Claims | Uranium, Thorium | Occurrence | Allanite | |
| Hunch and Lucky Strike Claims | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Sawmill Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Section 15 Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur | Occurrence | ||
| Section 21 Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Valleys Hot Spring | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Bing Materials Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Johnson Genoa Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Nev. Contractors Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Minden in 8 storm reports between 2001 and 2018: 4 heavy rain, 2 flood, 1 lightning, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2006 | Flood | Minden | $524,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Lightning | Minden | $2,000 | no account filed |
| November 2018 | Heavy Rain | Minden | - | CO-OP Observer in Minden reported 0.52 inches of rainfall from 21 November 1100PST to 22 November 0600PST. |
| April 2018 | Flood | Minden | - | Trained weather spotter reported that the East Fork of the Carson River was above its banks between Cedarwood Drive and Muller Lane. Ending time of flooding is based upon data from a nearby USGS gauge. |
| May 2018 | Heavy Rain | Minden | - | COOP observer station MINN2, Minden reported 0.58 inches of rainfall over a 24-hour period from 24 May 0500PST to 25 May 0500PST. |
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | Minden | - | Heavy rainfall over the Pine Nut Mountains caused flash flooding in the Johnson Lane area north of Minden. Several roads were closed because of the high water. |
| July 2003 | Heavy Rain | Minden | - | A spotter measured .60 inches of rain in 15 minutes from a thunderstorm. |
| November 2002 | Heavy Rain | Minden | - | 24 hour rainfall total of 1.75 inches. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gardnerville | 1.2 miles | 29 | |
| Buckeye | 2.2 miles | 29 | |
| Centerville | 3.1 miles | 32 | |
| Walleys Hot Springs | 4.1 miles | 32 | |
| Mottsville | 4.2 miles | 32 | |
| Twelvemile House | 4.5 miles | 29 | |
| Dresslerville | 4.7 miles | 29 | |
| Gardnerville Ranchos | 4.7 miles | 29 |
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 Minden | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q680911 | 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 860600. 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.










