Moapa Town, Nevada
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Clark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89025. The Survey maps it on the Moapa East quadrangle. 1,006 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,611 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMoapa Town fell from 1,025 to 1,006 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 | 1,025 | |
| 2020 | 1,006 | -19 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1886 USGS Saint Thomas quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1893 USGS Saint Thomas quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Moapa quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Moapa East quadrangle1:24000
- 1987 USGS Overton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
32 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Moapa Town between 1992 and 2020, burning about 56 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | BIA 3 -LINCOLN |
| 21 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Southern Nevada District Office | BIA 1 |
| 20 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | MM93 |
| 17 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | MOAPA |
| 8 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Southern Nevada District Office | CCFD 18 |
| 4 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | STATION FIRE |
| 28 July 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | MEADOW VALLEY |
| 24 July 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | MOAPA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Moapa Town: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R.A.H. Group | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Silverstone | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Leavitt Ready Mix | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Moapa Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| White Star Deposit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | 1919 | |
| White Star Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | 1919 | |
| White Star No. 2 Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moapa | 1.5 miles | 20 | |
| Glendale | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Arrowhead | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Hupton (historical) | 2.0 miles | 20 | |
| West Point (historical) | 3.2 miles | 20 | |
| Jackman | 4.0 miles | 20 | |
| Amber | 7.4 miles | 21 | |
| Logandale | 8.3 miles | 21 |
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 Moapa Town | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1953161 | 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 1852656. 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.








