Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
“Wadsworth Union Church is a historic church at the junction of Lincoln Hwy and Railroad Avenue in Wadsworth, Nevada.”
Wikipedia article Wadsworth Union Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 83 National Register listings published here for Washoe County · listed in 2004 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Wadsworth Union Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 713 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 3 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 | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Carson City District Office | WNA 9 |
| 12 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Carson City District Office | WEST TRUCKEE RIVER RANCH |
| 10 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | Carson City District Office | WNA 17 |
| 1 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Carson City District Office | FREEMAN |
| 1 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Carson City District Office | BIA #15 |
| 9 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carson City District Office | FLYING J |
| 8 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Carson City District Office | WADSWORTH |
| 30 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Winnemucca District Office | GOOSENECK |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Wadsworth Union Church: 8 past producers, 4 producers, 4 occurrences, 2 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Tungsten, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cr Minerals Mill | Diatomite | Producer | ||
| Nevada Cement Co. Plant | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Gold-Silver Prospect | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Wadsworth | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Derby Thungsten Mine | Tungsten | Past Producer | 1940 | |
| Sundown Claim | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Sundown Claim | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Wadsworth | Tungsten | Producer | Scheelite | |
| Butcher Boy Mine | Gold | Past Producer | 1860, 1898 | |
| Rainbow Canyon Mines | Gold | Occurrence | Gold |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wadsworth, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2014: 1 heavy rain, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | - | Wind gusts between 60 and 65 mph were recorded at the Cherry Valley RAWS. The time of the wind gusts were estimated based on radar. |
| July 2013 | Heavy Rain | Wadsworth | - | Interstate 80 was closed between exits 43 and 46 between about 1600PST and 1730PST due to very heavy rain on the freeway causing a large amount of ponding water. |
3 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 1,195 issues, 4,798 pages. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.
| Newspaper | Published |
|---|---|
| The Wadsworth Dispatch | 1892 to 1899 |
| Wadsworth Semi-Weekly Dispatch | 1899 to 1904 |
| The Wadsworth Dispatch | 1904 |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 04000298 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Washoe County | All 83 listed properties in this county. |
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