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Paradise, Nevada

24 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 89119. It stands on Tropicana Wash. The Survey maps it on the Las Vegas SW quadrangle. 191,238 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,057 feet above sea level.

Paradise within Clark County

Population over time

2 figures

Paradise fell from 223,167 to 191,238 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
2010223,167
2020191,238-31,929 (-14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

19 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Paradise between 1998 and 2020, burning about 9 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1
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
1 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeCCFD 9 SUNSET PARK
14 August 2016Fireworksunder an acreClark County Fire DepartmentCLRX 76
27 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreClark County Fire DepartmentCLRX 72 - 95
12 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresClark County Fire DepartmentCCFD 8 - SUNSET
11 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreClark County Fire DepartmentCLRX 68
29 June 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeSHELL
29 June 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreLake Mead National Recreation AreaCAMPER
12 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreClark County Fire DepartmentCLRX 39

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Paradise: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
White Rock 5 Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms near this place

12 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Paradise in 12 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 4 lightning, 3 dust devil, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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
October 2025Heavy RainParadise1 killedRain in the Las Vegas Valley led to flowing water in the Harmon Wash, leading to a swift water rescue of two women in the wash. One man in the wash is still missing and presumed dead.
July 2011Flash FloodParadise1 hurt, $200,000The same thunderstorm which caused widespread wind damage also caused serious flash flooding. One man who was rescued from a flooded wash suffered minor injuries. Several swift water rescues were needed near the intersection of Warm Springs and Pecos, and at least three feet of water covered the intersection of Warm Springs and Eastern, with several cars abandoned in the water. A spotter in Henderson measured 0.73 inch in one hour.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindParadise$500,000Thunderstorm winds blew down approximately 20 power poles near the intersection of Tropicana and McLeod and more power poles and trees near the intersection of Flamingo and Burnham.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindParadise$200,000Thunderstorm winds blew down power poles and lines at Sahara and Eastern and blew down multiple trees, at least one of which landed on a house, at Washington and Mojave.
January 2016LightningParadise$200,000Lightning set fire to a house and tree at the Las Vegas Country Club.
October 2011LightningParadise$100,000Lightning struck an industrial building at Desert Inn and McLeod, as well as two houses and trees near Nellis AFB.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindParadise$20,000Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees, some of which blocked roads, landed on cars, and landed on apartment buildings.
June 2016Dust DevilParadise$20,000A presumed dust devil collapsed an awning onto several cars at an apartment complex in east Las Vegas.
May 2012Dust DevilParadise$10,000The dust devil tore numerous tiles from the roof of a business, damaged a large ceramic fountain and a sign, and collapsed an awning.
July 2015LightningParadise$5,000Lightning knocked out power to 1700 customers in Las Vegas and set fire to a palm tree in Henderson.
May 2015Dust DevilParadise$2,000A dust devil tore carport awnings off two mobile homes in the Riviera Mobile Home Park.
September 2022LightningParadise$1,000Lightning set fire to eight palm trees around Las Vegas.

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
Bracken2.5 miles24
Winchester2.7 miles25
Boulder Junction2.9 miles24
Whitney3.8 miles24
Spring Valley5.3 miles24
Las Vegas5.4 miles25
East Las Vegas5.6 miles24
Bonanza Village6.0 miles25

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 ParadiseAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q984542The 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 845094. 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.