BlockFrom the record
One of 43 National Register listings published here for Carson City · listed in 2015 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Nevada State Prison
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
The listing
- Address. 3301 E. 5th St., Carson City (Independent City), 89701
- When was it listed? September 2015
- Category. district
- Census division. Carson City
- National Register reference number. 15000320 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
212 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 212 fires within 5 miles of Nevada State Prison between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,196 acres in total. 47 started naturally. 6 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 | 61 |
| Natural | 47 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Carson City District Office | BRUNSWICK |
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carson City District Office | ARROWHEAD |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carson City District Office | AMBROSE |
| 8 September 2005 | Other causes | under an acre | Carson City District Office | TRAVEL |
| 8 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Carson City District Office | KOONTZ |
| 8 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Carson City District Office | MEXICAN |
| 3 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Carson City District Office | SILVER |
| 29 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 35 acres | Carson City District Office | VOLTAIRE 2 |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 56 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 56 workings within 5 miles of Nevada State Prison: 26 past producers, 14 occurrences, 10 prospects, 4 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bessemer Prospect | Iron, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Brunswick Canyon Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Bunker Hill Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Tungsten | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Bunker Hill Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Carson Black Lead Mine | Graphite | Past Producer | 1903 | |
| Carson City Monazite-Bearing Placer | REE, Chromium, Gold, Iron, Zirconium | Prospect | ||
| Carson Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Tungsten | Prospect | ||
| Carson River Mercury | Gold, Mercury, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Lucky Strike Group | Uranium, Silver, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Mahogany Rock Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer |
Map coverage status
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.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Glenbrook, The | 0.6 miles | 1981 |
 | Carson City Civic Auditorium | 1.1 miles | 1990 |
 | Kitzmeyer Furniture Factory | 1.2 miles | 1987 |
 | George L. Sanford House | 1.2 miles | 1994 |
 | Leport-Toupin House | 1.5 miles | 1985 |
 | Nevada State Printing Office | 1.6 miles | 1978 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 15000320 in Record Group 79. |
| Carson City | All 43 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.