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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.

Verdi within Washoe County

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

Surveyed buildings and structures 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Verdi 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,415
20201,396-19 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 29 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.

What the histories say of this town

1,534 words

1 chapter about Verdi from the published histories of the county, public domain and reproduced complete.

ChapterFrom Length
General History and Resources of Washoe County, Nevada, Published UndeGeneral 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.

West Verdi Bridge, State Route 425, Spanning Truckee River, Verdi, Washoe County, NV
West Verdi Bridge, State Route 425, Spanning Truckee River, Verdi, Washoe County, NV
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

158 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural78
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Equipment and vehicle use17
Recreation and ceremony17
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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
9 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestCALIFORNIA
5 September 1998Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestSILVER FOX
4 September 2019Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestTREALEASE
30 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestPALLETS FIRE
3 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresReno Fire DepartmentBOOMTOWN
3 September 1998Natural1.0 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestCOUNTY
25 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestSTATELINE
25 September 1994Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestVERDI

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washoe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Beacon LightCopper, SilverPast Producer
Black Panther Mine AreaTitanium, MetalOccurrence
Dana Park PitGraniteProducer
PeavineDiatomiteOccurrence
Peavine Creek AreaGold, Lead, Silver, ZincProspect
Verdi ProspectMolybdenum, GoldOccurrence
Walts Zinc ProspectZinc, TungstenProspect
A.A. Jack Verdi PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Nevada Central MineCopperOccurrence
Peavine Mt. D.G. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washoe County

Storms near this place

6 since 2003

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2005FloodVerdi$5,600,000A 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 2006FloodVerdi$623,000no account filed
March 2025Heavy RainVerdi-CoCoRaHS Station NV-WH-19, 9W of Reno reported 0.85 inches of rain.
October 2021Heavy RainVerdi-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 2017Heavy RainVerdi-Trained weather spotter measured 5.50 inches of rain from November 15 0800PST to November 16 1805PST.
August 2003Tornado (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.

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
Crystal Peak (historical)0.6 miles29
Fleish2.6 miles29
Marmol (historical)3.1 miles29
Mogul3.3 miles29
Lawton4.4 miles29
Mayberrys (historical)5.1 miles29
West Reno7.3 miles29
Copperfield8.2 miles28

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 VerdiAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7921102The 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.