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Mogul, Nevada

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Verdi census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89523. It stands on Brooklyn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Verdi quadrangle. 1,258 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,701 feet above sea level.

Mogul within Washoe County

Population over time

2 figures

Mogul fell from 1,290 to 1,258 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
20101,290
20201,258-32 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 29 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

141 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Mogul between 1992 and 2020, burning about 25,314 acres in total. 51 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
Natural51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Recreation and ceremony18
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking3
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks2
Other causes1

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
5 September 1998Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestSILVER FOX
4 September 2019Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestTREALEASE
30 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestPALLETS FIRE
3 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresReno Fire DepartmentBOOMTOWN
3 September 1998Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestEVANS 2
3 September 1998Natural1.0 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestCOUNTY
25 September 1994Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestUSFS 092
25 September 1994Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestUSFS 090

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washoe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Mogul: 10 occurrences, 8 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Silver, Gold. 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
Black Panther Mine AreaTitanium, MetalOccurrence
Chalk BluffDiatomitePast Producer
Moana SpringsGeothermalProducer
Peavine Area IronIronOccurrence
Peavine Creek AreaGold, Lead, Silver, ZincProspect
Peavine Peak MineTungsten, GoldPast ProducerUnknown
Peavine Peak MineTungsten, GoldProspect
Unnamed IronCopper, IronOccurrenceMagnetite
Unnamed MineGold, Boron-BoratesPast ProducerVein
Unnamed Prospect, Sec 29Silver, Gold, CopperOccurrenceEnargite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite

Every working recorded in Washoe County

Storms near this place

3 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mogul in 3 storm reports between 2018 and 2025: 3 heavy rain. 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
June 2025Heavy RainMogul-Desert Research Institute mesonet station at Mogul Park recorded 1.68 inches of rainfall.
December 2019Heavy RainMogul-Mesonet station BMWN2 5 miles southeast of Verdi reported 1.40 inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period from 1 December 0600PST to 2 December 0600PST. Station elevation of 8234 ft MSL.
April 2018Heavy RainMogul-Mesonet station BMWN2, 5 miles southeast of Verdi (elevation 8234 feet) reported 1.70 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period from 6 April 0900PST to 7 April 0900PST.

Every storm recorded in Washoe 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
Lawton1.0 miles29
Mayberrys (historical)1.8 miles29
Verdi3.3 miles29
Crystal Peak (historical)3.8 miles29
West Reno4.0 miles29
Fleish4.2 miles29
Marmol (historical)4.5 miles29
Reno6.0 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 MogulAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5694773The 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 860618. 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.