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Winnemucca, Nevada

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Winnemucca census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89445. It stands on Whites Creek. The Survey maps it on the Winnemucca East quadrangle. 8,431 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,295 feet above sea level.

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Winnemucca within Humboldt County

On record in Winnemucca

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 8 records

Population over time

2 figures

Winnemucca grew from 7,396 to 8,431 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
20107,396
20208,431+1,035 (+14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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.

Photographs

6 photographs, 1940 to 2022

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.

Portable toilets perhaps add to the functionality, if not the grandeur, of the convention center in Winnemucca, Nevada
Portable toilets perhaps add to the functionality, if not the grandeur, of the convention center in Winnemucca, Nevada
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Main street. Winnemucca, Nevada
Main street. Winnemucca, Nevada
Rothstein, Arthur, 1940. Library of Congress
This marker, in Winnemucca, Nevada, denotes the beginning of a highway that stretches from northern Nevada and across California to the Pacific Ocean, near Crescent City
This marker, in Winnemucca, Nevada, denotes the beginning of a highway that stretches from northern Nevada and across California to the Pacific Ocean, near Crescent City
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Downtown Winnemucca, a small city in northern Nevada
Downtown Winnemucca, a small city in northern Nevada
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
A historic (1913) bank building in Winnemucca, Nevada
A historic (1913) bank building in Winnemucca, Nevada
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
The brown terrain, with a dash of winter snow, outside Winnemucca, Nevada
The brown terrain, with a dash of winter snow, outside Winnemucca, Nevada
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

139 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Winnemucca between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,382 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined38
Equipment and vehicle use32
Natural23
Recreation and ceremony13
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Arson/incendiarism7
Fireworks5
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Firearms and explosives use2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1

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
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.6 acresWinnemucca District OfficeHUSKER
3 September 1995Natural1.5 acresWinnemucca District OfficeWINN MT
27 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeLUPINE
26 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresWinnemucca District OfficeSUNNY DR
20 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresWinnemucca District OfficeMM 173
20 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeMM 180
20 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use5.9 acresWinnemucca District OfficeMM 182
20 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use5.9 acresWinnemucca District OfficeMM 183

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Winnemucca: 15 past producers, 10 occurrences, 6 unknowns, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. 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
Adamson MineGold, Mercury, Silver, Barium-BaritePast Producer1911
Clay PitClayUnknown
Humboldt Reduction WorksGold, Silver, Mercury, Lead, Copper, ArsenicPast Producer
Min-Ad MillLimestone, GeneralProducer1977
Pride of the Mountain MineSilver, Gold, Lead, CopperPast Producer1863, 1868
Vulcan MineIron, MercuryOccurrenceBournonite, Cinnabar, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite
Vulcan MineMercury, IronProspect
Winnemucca Mountain MineGold, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, CopperProspect
Pride of the Mountain MineGold, SilverUnknown
Sexton MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Humboldt County

Storms near this place

9 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winnemucca in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 4 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
May 2009Flash FloodWinnemucca$30,000Flashing flooding caused mud to flow across two downtown streets as well as causing a sinkhole to develop. Also, a basement of a house at the corner of East Second and See streets was flooded and damaged. Flood waters and mud made its way through the Hi-Desert RV Park and into a golf cart shed at the golf course.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindWinnemucca$2,000no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindWinnemucca$500Thunderstorm winds blew down 1 foot diameter trees at the Winnemucca golf course.
September 2023Flash FloodWinnemucca-Flooding of all lanes occurred at East 4th street in Winnemucca near the intersection of Reinhardt street. This resulted from continuous heavy rain. Road remains closed as of 13:00 LT 9/4/23.
September 2013Flash FloodWinnemucca-Newspaper relayed numerous reports of street flooding and debris on multiple streets in and around Winnemucca.
June 2004Tornado (F0)Winnemucca-Trained weather spotter observed tornado on the west side of the Sonoma range.
June 2004Tornado (F0)Winnemucca-Trained weather spotter observed a tornado.
August 1996Flash FloodWinnemucca-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindWinnemucca-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Humboldt 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
Weso3.5 miles16
Tule5.7 miles16
Bliss7.7 miles16
Laurel (historical)8.4 miles14
Rose Creek10.2 miles20
Barrett Springs (historical)10.6 miles14
Fairview (historical)11.5 miles21
Golconda13.1 miles23

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 WinnemuccaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q983426The 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 844996. 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.