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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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
Humboldt County Courthouselisted 1983
Humboldt River Bridgelisted 1995
Martin Hotellisted 2003
W. C. Record Houselisted 1980
US Post Office-Winnemucca Mainlisted 1990
Winnemucca Grammar Schoollisted 1991
Winnemucca Hotellisted 2005- Andorno Stationlisted 1995
Population over time
2 figuresWinnemucca 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7,396 | |
| 2020 | 8,431 | +1,035 (+14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 22 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.
- 1932 USGS Sonoma Range quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1939 USGS Sonoma Range quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Winnemucca NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Winnemucca East quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
6 photographs, 1940 to 2022Taken 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.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Rothstein, Arthur, 1940. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
139 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 32 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.6 acres | Winnemucca District Office | HUSKER |
| 3 September 1995 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Winnemucca District Office | WINN MT |
| 27 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | LUPINE |
| 26 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Winnemucca District Office | SUNNY DR |
| 20 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Winnemucca District Office | MM 173 |
| 20 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | MM 180 |
| 20 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.9 acres | Winnemucca District Office | MM 182 |
| 20 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.9 acres | Winnemucca District Office | MM 183 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 41 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adamson Mine | Gold, Mercury, Silver, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | 1911 | |
| Clay Pit | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Humboldt Reduction Works | Gold, Silver, Mercury, Lead, Copper, Arsenic | Past Producer | ||
| Min-Ad Mill | Limestone, General | Producer | 1977 | |
| Pride of the Mountain Mine | Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | 1863, 1868 | |
| Vulcan Mine | Iron, Mercury | Occurrence | Bournonite, Cinnabar, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite | |
| Vulcan Mine | Mercury, Iron | Prospect | ||
| Winnemucca Mountain Mine | Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Pride of the Mountain Mine | Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Sexton Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Winnemucca | $30,000 | Flashing 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 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winnemucca | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winnemucca | $500 | Thunderstorm winds blew down 1 foot diameter trees at the Winnemucca golf course. |
| September 2023 | Flash Flood | Winnemucca | - | 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 2013 | Flash Flood | Winnemucca | - | Newspaper relayed numerous reports of street flooding and debris on multiple streets in and around Winnemucca. |
| June 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Winnemucca | - | Trained weather spotter observed tornado on the west side of the Sonoma range. |
| June 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Winnemucca | - | Trained weather spotter observed a tornado. |
| August 1996 | Flash Flood | Winnemucca | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winnemucca | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weso | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Tule | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Bliss | 7.7 miles | 16 | |
| Laurel (historical) | 8.4 miles | 14 | |
| Rose Creek | 10.2 miles | 20 | |
| Barrett Springs (historical) | 10.6 miles | 14 | |
| Fairview (historical) | 11.5 miles | 21 | |
| Golconda | 13.1 miles | 23 |
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 Winnemucca | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q983426 | 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 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.








