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Mount Charleston, Nevada

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Clark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89124. It lies near Mazie Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Charleston Peak quadrangle. 314 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,510 feet above sea level.

Mount Charleston within Clark County

Population over time

2 figures

Mount Charleston fell from 357 to 314 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
2010357
2020314-43 (-12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

435 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 435 fires within 5 miles of Mount Charleston between 1992 and 2020, burning about 31,976 acres in total. 132 started naturally. 6 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
Recreation and ceremony151
Natural132
Missing data/not specified/undetermined75
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Smoking20
Equipment and vehicle use18
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism6
Fireworks3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2008Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestTROUT
9 September 2008Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestBRISTLECONE WFU
8 September 2008Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestLEE SPRINGS WFU
8 September 2008Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestMCFARLAND WFU
7 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestREPUBLIC
7 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestBLUE TREE
6 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestAVALANCHE
6 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestGRAVEL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Mount Charleston: 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Silver, Copper. 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
Zeinka MineCopper, SilverProspect
Griffith MineLeadPast Producer
Griffith MineLead, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms near this place

17 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mount Charleston in 17 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 15 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 lightning. 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
July 2013Flash FloodMount Charleston$50,000Major flash flooding affected the Carpenter One burn scar. Four feet of water flowed down Harris Springs Canyon, water and debris flowed over and closed Kyle Canyon Road, and mud and debris eventually flowed 20 miles down the mountain onto a few streets in the northwest corner of the Las Vegas Valley.
October 2015Flash FloodMount Charleston$20,000Several backcountry roads in the Desert National Wildlife Refuge were flooded and damaged.
August 2014Flash FloodMount Charleston$20,000Harris Springs Road and some secondary roads in lower Kyle Canyon were washed out.
July 2015Flash FloodMount Charleston$10,000Two feet of mud flowed through the pavilion area of Camp Stimpson, forcing 150 campers to leave. Trees and debris washed onto Highway 156 in Lee Canyon, closing the road. An automated gage nearby measured 2.15 inches of rain, including 1.99 inches in one hour.
July 2018Flash FloodMount Charleston$5,000Flooding damaged Highway 158 near Highway 156.
August 2016Flash FloodMount Charleston$5,000Flood waters undermined the road and damaged a guard rail on Highway 158.
July 2015LightningMount Charleston$5,000Lightning struck a house on Cougar Ridge Trail.
July 2014Flash FloodMount Charleston$5,000Flash flooding knocked the gate to the Griffith Peak trailhead off its hinges and blocked Harris Springs Road with debris.
September 2014Flash FloodMount Charleston$5,000Corn Creek Road was washed out.
September 2014Flash FloodMount Charleston$5,000Deer Creek Road was washed out between mile markers 2 and 4.
August 2020Flash FloodMount Charleston$2,000Deer Creek Road was closed in both directions due to flooding and a rock slide.
September 2023Flash FloodMount Charleston$1,000Highway 95 was closed from Paiute Way to Lee Canyon Rd due to flooding.
August 2018Flash FloodMount Charleston$1,000Highways 158 and 156 were closed due to flooding.
July 2015HailMount Charleston$1,000A large amount of small hail fell in the upper portion of Lee Canyon, accumulating on the ground like snow. Two hikers were stranded on the Bristlecone Trail.
January 2012Flash FloodMount Charleston$1,000Several rocks washed onto Deer Creek Highway.
December 2010Flash FloodMount Charleston$1,000A small mudslide carried debris into one lane of Kyle Canyon Road.
July 2009Flash FloodMount Charleston-Water, rocks and debris washed over roads on Mount Charleston. A rain gage measured 1.14 inches of rain in one hour.

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
Kyle Canyon Summer Home Area0.9 miles21
Lee Canyon Summer Home Area4.5 miles21
Desert View Point4.8 miles21
Bonnie Springs17.0 miles25
Mountain Springs17.8 miles22
Corn Creek (historical)17.9 miles22
Blue Diamond19.3 miles25
Indian Springs21.6 miles17

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 Mount CharlestonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2482972The 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 859202. 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.