Wabuska, Nevada
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Yerington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89447. It stands on Perazzo Slough. The Survey maps it on the Wabuska quadrangle. It stands 4,295 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 21 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 Wabuska quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Wabuska quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Wabuska quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Carson City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Wabuska quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Wabuska between 1999 and 2019, burning about 3,886 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.6 acres | Nevada Division of Forestry - Western Region | WILDLIFE |
| 11 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Carson City District Office | ADRIAN |
| 9 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Carson City District Office | WABUSKA |
| 25 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.3 acres | Carson City District Office | HIGHWAY 95 |
| 12 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Nevada Division of Forestry - Western Region | MASON VALLEY WMA |
| 14 June 2012 | Natural | 3,872 acres | Carson City District Office | WEEKS |
| 28 February 1999 | Firearms and explosives use | under an acre | Carson City District Office | RIFLERANGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Wabuska: 2 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Bentonite, Sodium, Salt, Diatomite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airport Deposit | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Graftenstein Sodium Sulphate Depos. | Sodium | Occurrence | ||
| Wabuska Hot Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Wabuska Plant | Bentonite | Past Producer | 1981 | |
| Wabuska Salt Wells | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| White Horse and Paleface Claims | Diatomite | Prospect |
Storms near this place
2 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wabuska in 2 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wabuska | - | Mesonet station WBKNV, located 1.9 miles NW of Wabuska. At approximately 5:04 PM, a trained spotter reported a dust storm with 35 mph wind gusts and also 200 ft. visibility. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wabuska | - | Tree blown over by thunderstorm wind, size of tree unknown, damage unknown. Wind gust estimated |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson (historical) | 1.4 miles | 21 | |
| Lux | 3.9 miles | 21 | |
| Greenville | 7.3 miles | 21 | |
| Davis Station | 9.5 miles | 22 | |
| Churchill | 10.2 miles | 22 | |
| Weed Heights | 10.9 miles | 22 | |
| Yerington | 11.0 miles | 22 | |
| Bucklands Station (historical) | 11.0 miles | 22 |
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 Wabuska | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7958721 | 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 844601. 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.







