Yerington, Nevada
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Yerington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89447. The Survey maps it on the Yerington quadrangle. 3,121 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,390 feet above sea level.
On record in Yerington
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 4 records
I.O.O.F. Building, Mason Valleylisted 1983
Lyon County Courthouselisted 1983
US Post Office-Yerington Mainlisted 1990
Yerington Grammar Schoollisted 1984
Population over time
2 figuresYerington grew from 3,048 to 3,121 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 | 3,048 | |
| 2020 | 3,121 | +73 (+2%) |
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.
- 1891 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1948 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Yerington quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Smith Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Yerington quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Yerington between 2006 and 2008, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2006 | Other causes | under an acre | Carson City District Office | BLUESTONE |
| 12 February 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Carson City District Office | FOX TRACK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 43 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Yerington: 24 past producers, 10 prospects, 5 occurrences, 3 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluestone Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | 1885 | |
| Lago Deposit | Copper, Molybdenum, Silver, Gold | Prospect | 1961 | |
| Malachite Mine | Copper, Silver, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Gold | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Mason Valley Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Iron | Past Producer | 1865, 1870 | |
| Mcconnell Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | 1912 | |
| Montana - Yerington Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Iron | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Singatse Range Wollastonite Deposit | Wollastonite | Occurrence | ||
| Talco Prospect | Talc-Soapstone | Prospect | ||
| Taubert Number 2 Prospect | Gemstone | Past Producer | 1908 | |
| Western Nevada Copper Co Mine | Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yerington in 6 storm reports between 1997 and 2007: 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yerington | $5,000 | A thunderstorm wind gust blew a patio cover off it's foundation and back onto a house roof in Yerington, NV. The wind gust was estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yerington | - | A trained weather spotter in Yerington reported wind gusts to 52 knots (60 mph). |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yerington | - | A trained weather spotter located 7 miles east of Yerington reported wind gusts to 52 knots (60 mph) from a thunderstorm north of Highway 95. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yerington | - | A large cottonwood tree was blown down and fell across Highway 95A. The falling tree damaged an automobile. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yerington | - | Peak wind gusts in thunderstorm estimated at 52 knots. No damage reported. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yerington | - | A severe thunderstorm in Yerington (Lyon County) blew down trees and snapped tree limbs. Estimated wind gusts were at least 50 kts. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weed Heights | 2.4 miles | 22 | |
| Mason | 2.9 miles | 22 | |
| Greenville | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Ludwig (historical) | 6.5 miles | 23 | |
| Nordyke | 6.6 miles | 22 | |
| Lux | 10.1 miles | 21 | |
| Tippecanoe (historical) | 10.4 miles | 22 | |
| Wabuska | 11.0 miles | 21 |
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 Yerington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q985297 | 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 848686. 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.








