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.
Population over time
2 figuresMount 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 357 | |
| 2020 | 314 | -43 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 21 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.
- 1907 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1908 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Charleston Peak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Charleston Peak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:100000, 4 printings
Fires near this place
435 since 1992Regional 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 ceremony | 151 |
| Natural | 132 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 21 |
| Smoking | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | TROUT |
| 9 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | BRISTLECONE WFU |
| 8 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | LEE SPRINGS WFU |
| 8 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | MCFARLAND WFU |
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | REPUBLIC |
| 7 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | BLUE TREE |
| 6 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | AVALANCHE |
| 6 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | GRAVEL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeinka Mine | Copper, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Griffith Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Griffith Mine | Lead, Silver | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 2009Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Mount Charleston | $50,000 | Major 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 2015 | Flash Flood | Mount Charleston | $20,000 | Several backcountry roads in the Desert National Wildlife Refuge were flooded and damaged. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Mount Charleston | $20,000 | Harris Springs Road and some secondary roads in lower Kyle Canyon were washed out. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Mount Charleston | $10,000 | Two 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 2018 | Flash Flood | Mount Charleston | $5,000 | Flooding damaged Highway 158 near Highway 156. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Mount Charleston | $5,000 | Flood waters undermined the road and damaged a guard rail on Highway 158. |
| July 2015 | Lightning | Mount Charleston | $5,000 | Lightning struck a house on Cougar Ridge Trail. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Mount Charleston | $5,000 | Flash flooding knocked the gate to the Griffith Peak trailhead off its hinges and blocked Harris Springs Road with debris. |
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Mount Charleston | $5,000 | Corn Creek Road was washed out. |
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Mount Charleston | $5,000 | Deer Creek Road was washed out between mile markers 2 and 4. |
| August 2020 | Flash Flood | Mount Charleston | $2,000 | Deer Creek Road was closed in both directions due to flooding and a rock slide. |
| September 2023 | Flash Flood | Mount Charleston | $1,000 | Highway 95 was closed from Paiute Way to Lee Canyon Rd due to flooding. |
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Mount Charleston | $1,000 | Highways 158 and 156 were closed due to flooding. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Mount Charleston | $1,000 | A 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 2012 | Flash Flood | Mount Charleston | $1,000 | Several rocks washed onto Deer Creek Highway. |
| December 2010 | Flash Flood | Mount Charleston | $1,000 | A small mudslide carried debris into one lane of Kyle Canyon Road. |
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Mount Charleston | - | Water, rocks and debris washed over roads on Mount Charleston. A rain gage measured 1.14 inches of rain in one hour. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Canyon Summer Home Area | 0.9 miles | 21 | |
| Lee Canyon Summer Home Area | 4.5 miles | 21 | |
| Desert View Point | 4.8 miles | 21 | |
| Bonnie Springs | 17.0 miles | 25 | |
| Mountain Springs | 17.8 miles | 22 | |
| Corn Creek (historical) | 17.9 miles | 22 | |
| Blue Diamond | 19.3 miles | 25 | |
| Indian Springs | 21.6 miles | 17 |
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 Charleston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2482972 | 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 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.








