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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.

Wabuska within Lyon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 21 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

7 since 1999

Regional 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 use3
Natural2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Firearms and explosives use1

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
29 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.6 acresNevada Division of Forestry - Western RegionWILDLIFE
11 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCarson City District OfficeADRIAN
9 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCarson City District OfficeWABUSKA
25 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use4.3 acresCarson City District OfficeHIGHWAY 95
12 July 2012Naturalunder an acreNevada Division of Forestry - Western RegionMASON VALLEY WMA
14 June 2012Natural3,872 acresCarson City District OfficeWEEKS
28 February 1999Firearms and explosives useunder an acreCarson City District OfficeRIFLERANGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lyon County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Airport DepositCopperProspect
Graftenstein Sodium Sulphate Depos.SodiumOccurrence
Wabuska Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
Wabuska PlantBentonitePast Producer1981
Wabuska Salt WellsSaltPast Producer
White Horse and Paleface ClaimsDiatomiteProspect

Every working recorded in Lyon County

Storms near this place

2 since 1999

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2025Thunderstorm WindWabuska-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 1999Thunderstorm WindWabuska-Tree blown over by thunderstorm wind, size of tree unknown, damage unknown. Wind gust estimated

Every storm recorded in Lyon 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
Thompson (historical)1.4 miles21
Lux3.9 miles21
Greenville7.3 miles21
Davis Station9.5 miles22
Churchill10.2 miles22
Weed Heights10.9 miles22
Yerington11.0 miles22
Bucklands Station (historical)11.0 miles22

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 WabuskaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7958721The 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.