New Washoe City, Nevada
31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Washoe Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89704. The Survey maps it on the Washoe City quadrangle. It stands 5,099 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 31 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 Carson quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Carson quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1893 USGS Carson City quadrangle1:125000
- 1950 USGS Mt. Rose quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Mt. Rose quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Washoe City quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1974 USGS Washoe City quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Carson City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Washoe City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
82 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of New Washoe City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,302 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Carson City District Office | MOUNDHOUSE |
| 29 September 2008 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Carson City District Office | COTTONTAIL |
| 27 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nevada Division of Forestry - Western Region | EATON & PLEASANT VALLEY ASSIST |
| 21 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.1 acres | Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District | SCHELLBOURNE |
| 21 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Carson City District Office | CARX 6 |
| 20 September 2018 | Firearms and explosives use | 12 acres | Carson City District Office | DUCK HILL |
| 2 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 64 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | SLIDE |
| 13 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Carson City District Office | EAST LAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 33 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of New Washoe City: 16 past producers, 11 occurrences, 5 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | Calamine, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite | |
| Denver Mine | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Ellen B. Property | Gold, Tungsten, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Freiberg Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Jumbo Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lucky Strike Group | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| NBMG Sample Site 4321 | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Occurrence | Galena | |
| Rocky Hill Mine | Gold, Arsenic | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Union Mine | Lead, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | 1860, 1906 | |
| Cinderlite Aggregates | Pumice | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Washoe City in 4 storm reports between 2004 and 2024: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2024 | Heavy Rain | New Washoe City | - | A mesonet station (LTVN2) located 3.0 miles E of Diamond Peak Ski Base, NV, reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 0.60 inches. |
| December 2023 | Heavy Rain | New Washoe City | - | A mesonet station (SCRN2) located 5.5 mi. N of New Washoe City, and mesonet station (AV157) located 2.0 mi WNW of Stead, NV, reported rainfall storm totals of 1.39 inches and 1.01 inches respectively. |
| December 2019 | Heavy Rain | New Washoe City | - | CoCoRaHS station NV-WH-149 near New Washoe City reported 1.09 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period from 1 December 0800PST to 2 December 0800 PST. |
| August 2004 | Heavy Rain | New Washoe City | - | A total of 0.51 inches of rain fell in 30 minutes at the Davis Creek Park ALERT gage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washoe City | 2.4 miles | 31 | |
| Ophir City (historical) | 2.7 miles | 31 | |
| Jumbo (historical) | 3.6 miles | 32 | |
| Franktown | 3.8 miles | 31 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 3.9 miles | 31 | |
| Sundown Town | 3.9 miles | 31 | |
| Steamboat | 5.8 miles | 32 | |
| Five Mile House (historical) | 7.5 miles | 32 |
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 New Washoe City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q10749972 | 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 860731. 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.











