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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.

New Washoe City within Washoe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 31 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

82 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use9
Firearms and explosives use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1
Smoking1
Fireworks1

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
3 September 1997Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeMOUNDHOUSE
29 September 2008Natural2.0 acresCarson City District OfficeCOTTONTAIL
27 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada Division of Forestry - Western RegionEATON & PLEASANT VALLEY ASSIST
21 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.1 acresTruckee Meadows Fire Protection DistrictSCHELLBOURNE
21 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresCarson City District OfficeCARX 6
20 September 2018Firearms and explosives use12 acresCarson City District OfficeDUCK HILL
2 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use64 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestSLIDE
13 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresCarson City District OfficeEAST LAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washoe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
CommonwealthLead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, GoldPast ProducerCalamine, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Denver MineGold, SilverOccurrenceVein
Ellen B. PropertyGold, Tungsten, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Freiberg MineLead, Zinc, SilverPast Producer
Jumbo PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lucky Strike GroupUraniumOccurrence
NBMG Sample Site 4321Lead, Zinc, SilverOccurrenceGalena
Rocky Hill MineGold, ArsenicPast ProducerVein
Union MineLead, Copper, Zinc, Silver, GoldPast Producer1860, 1906
Cinderlite AggregatesPumicePast Producer

Every working recorded in Washoe County

Storms near this place

4 since 2004

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2024Heavy RainNew 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 2023Heavy RainNew 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 2019Heavy RainNew 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 2004Heavy RainNew Washoe City-A total of 0.51 inches of rain fell in 30 minutes at the Davis Creek Park ALERT gage.

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
Washoe City2.4 miles31
Ophir City (historical)2.7 miles31
Jumbo (historical)3.6 miles32
Franktown3.8 miles31
Pleasant Valley3.9 miles31
Sundown Town3.9 miles31
Steamboat5.8 miles32
Five Mile House (historical)7.5 miles32

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 CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q10749972The 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.