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.
Population over time
2 figuresMogul 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,290 | |
| 2020 | 1,258 | -32 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 29 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.
- 1891 USGS Reno quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Reno quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1950 USGS Reno quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Reno quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Verdi quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1980 USGS Reno quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
141 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 51 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | SILVER FOX |
| 4 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | TREALEASE |
| 30 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | PALLETS FIRE |
| 3 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Reno Fire Department | BOOMTOWN |
| 3 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | EVANS 2 |
| 3 September 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | COUNTY |
| 25 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | USFS 092 |
| 25 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | USFS 090 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Panther Mine Area | Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | ||
| Chalk Bluff | Diatomite | Past Producer | ||
| Moana Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Peavine Area Iron | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Peavine Creek Area | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Peavine Peak Mine | Tungsten, Gold | Past Producer | Unknown | |
| Peavine Peak Mine | Tungsten, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Iron | Copper, Iron | Occurrence | Magnetite | |
| Unnamed Mine | Gold, Boron-Borates | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Unnamed Prospect, Sec 29 | Silver, Gold, Copper | Occurrence | Enargite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
Storms near this place
3 since 2018Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Heavy Rain | Mogul | - | Desert Research Institute mesonet station at Mogul Park recorded 1.68 inches of rainfall. |
| December 2019 | Heavy Rain | Mogul | - | 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 2018 | Heavy Rain | Mogul | - | 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawton | 1.0 miles | 29 | |
| Mayberrys (historical) | 1.8 miles | 29 | |
| Verdi | 3.3 miles | 29 | |
| Crystal Peak (historical) | 3.8 miles | 29 | |
| West Reno | 4.0 miles | 29 | |
| Fleish | 4.2 miles | 29 | |
| Marmol (historical) | 4.5 miles | 29 | |
| Reno | 6.0 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 Mogul | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5694773 | 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 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.








