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Whitney, 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 89014. It stands on Whitney Mesa. The Survey maps it on the Las Vegas SE quadrangle. 49,061 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,942 feet above sea level.

Whitney within Clark County

Population over time

2 figures

Whitney grew from 38,585 to 49,061 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
201038,585
202049,061+10,476 (+27%)

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

55 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Whitney between 1993 and 2020, burning about 920 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined41
Recreation and ceremony5
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural1
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
17 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeHENDERSON ASSIST 2
1 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeCCFD 9 SUNSET PARK
27 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresClark County Fire DepartmentCCFD 11 - SAM BOYD
2 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeCCFD 4
9 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeCCFD 10 WETLANDS
7 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeSILVER BOWL
4 July 1993Fireworks8.0 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeSILVERBOWL
27 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreClark County Fire DepartmentCLRX 72 - 95

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Whitney: 3 past producers, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Salt. 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
Kerry MillingGold, SilverPast Producer1981
Pittman Salt DepositsSaltProspect
Bonanza Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gibson Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Henderson Rock Plant & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sunset Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
White Rock 5 Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
East Las Vegas2.8 miles24
Paradise3.8 miles24
Winchester4.5 miles25
Winterwood (historical)5.7 miles25
Henderson5.8 miles25
Carver Park5.9 miles25
Boulder Junction6.1 miles24
Victory Village6.2 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 WhitneyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2323325The 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 1877236. 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.