Verdi, Nevada
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Verdi census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89439. It stands on Sunrise Creek. The Survey maps it on the Verdi quadrangle. 1,396 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,890 feet above sea level.
On record in Verdi
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
1872 California-Nevada State Boundary Markerlisted 1981
Surveyed buildings and structures 2 records
- East Verdi Bridge, Route 425, Spanning Truckee River, West of I-80 & State Route 425, Verdifederal building survey, 20 photographs
- West Verdi Bridge, State Route 425, Spanning Truckee River, Verdifederal building survey, 24 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresVerdi fell from 1,415 to 1,396 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 | 1,415 | |
| 2020 | 1,396 | -19 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 29 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 Reno quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Reno quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1950 USGS Reno quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Reno quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Verdi quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1980 USGS Reno quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
What the histories say of this town
1,534 words1 chapter about Verdi from the published histories of the county, public domain and reproduced complete.
| Chapter | From | Length |
|---|---|---|
| General History and Resources of Washoe County, Nevada, Published Unde | General History and Resources of Washoe County, Nevada, Published Under the ... (1888) | 1,534 words |
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
158 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 158 fires within 5 miles of Verdi between 1992 and 2020, burning about 23,678 acres in total. 78 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 78 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | CALIFORNIA |
| 5 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | SILVER FOX |
| 4 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | TREALEASE |
| 30 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | PALLETS FIRE |
| 3 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Reno Fire Department | BOOMTOWN |
| 3 September 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | COUNTY |
| 25 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | STATELINE |
| 25 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | VERDI |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Verdi: 6 occurrences, 4 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Gold, Copper, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon Light | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Black Panther Mine Area | Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | ||
| Dana Park Pit | Granite | Producer | ||
| Peavine | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Peavine Creek Area | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Verdi Prospect | Molybdenum, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Walts Zinc Prospect | Zinc, Tungsten | Prospect | ||
| A.A. Jack Verdi Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Nevada Central Mine | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Peavine Mt. D.G. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Verdi in 6 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 3 heavy rain, 2 flood, 1 tornado. 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 2005 | Flood | Verdi | $5,600,000 | A levee along Steamboat Creek failed and flooded the University of Nevada - Reno agricultural farm in east Reno. Around 1,800 animals were evacuated to higher ground, but 344 sheep drowned in the floodwaters. The Industrial Area in east Sparks suffered flooding, with an estimated 900 business reporting damage. Greg Street was impassable in many locations. Some areas near Glendale Avenue were covered with four feet of floodwater. A health hazard was created when raw sewage contaminated floodwaters in the Spice Island Drive area of Sparks. In downtown Reno all bridges across the Truckee River were closed. Flooding also occurred at the base of Mt. Rose Highway at its intersection with U.S. Highway 395. The Toll Road area near Steamboat was flooded, and Nevada Highway 341 (Geiger Grade) was closed.The rain-saturated soil caused trees to topple onto power lines in Incline Village. Sierra Pacific Power Company reported that around 3,000 people were without power on December 31st. |
| January 2006 | Flood | Verdi | $623,000 | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Heavy Rain | Verdi | - | CoCoRaHS Station NV-WH-19, 9W of Reno reported 0.85 inches of rain. |
| October 2021 | Heavy Rain | Verdi | - | Several CoCoRahs Observers and Mesonet/ASOS sites reported rainfall amounts ranging from 1-2 inches near Fernley, 3-4 inches in and around Reno Metropolitan area, and 5-8 inches in the Foothills including around Verdi near the CA/NV border. |
| November 2017 | Heavy Rain | Verdi | - | Trained weather spotter measured 5.50 inches of rain from November 15 0800PST to November 16 1805PST. |
| August 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Verdi | - | A very weak tornado was reported about 2 miles north of Verdi, NV on a ridge between Peavine Mountain and the Verdi Range. No damage or injuries were reported in this remote location. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Peak (historical) | 0.6 miles | 29 | |
| Fleish | 2.6 miles | 29 | |
| Marmol (historical) | 3.1 miles | 29 | |
| Mogul | 3.3 miles | 29 | |
| Lawton | 4.4 miles | 29 | |
| Mayberrys (historical) | 5.1 miles | 29 | |
| West Reno | 7.3 miles | 29 | |
| Copperfield | 8.2 miles | 28 |
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 Verdi | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7921102 | 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 861844. 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.








