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Photograph of Old Winters Ranch/Winters Mansion
Photograph by Jon Roanhaus, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Old Winters Ranch/Winters Mansion

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

From the record

“The Old Winters Ranch/Winters Mansion, near Carson City, Nevada, was completed in 1864. Also known as Rancho del Sierra, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.”

Wikipedia article Old Winters Ranch/Winters Mansion, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 83 National Register listings published here for Washoe County · listed in 1974 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. N of Carson City, Carson City, 89704
  • When was it listed? July 1974
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Washoe Valley
  • National Register reference number. 74001150 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Old Winters Ranch/Winters Mansion between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,680 acres in total. 33 started naturally. None 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
Natural33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Recreation and ceremony14
Equipment and vehicle use9
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Debris and open burning3
Firearms and explosives use3
Other causes1
Smoking1
Fireworks1

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
3 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestUSFS 068
29 September 2008Natural2.0 acresCarson City District OfficeCOTTONTAIL
27 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada Division of Forestry - Western RegionEATON & PLEASANT VALLEY ASSIST
21 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.1 acresTruckee Meadows Fire Protection DistrictSCHELLBOURNE
2 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use64 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestSLIDE
13 September 2013Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestBROWNS CREEK
12 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTruckee Meadows Fire Protection DistrictBOWERS 2
11 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forestnot named

Every fire recorded in Washoe County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Old Winters Ranch/Winters Mansion: 10 past producers, 8 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
CommonwealthLead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, GoldPast ProducerCalamine, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Denver MineGold, SilverOccurrenceVein
Ellen B. PropertyGold, Tungsten, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Freiberg MineLead, Zinc, SilverPast Producer
Galena Hill MineLead, Zinc, Silver, GoldPast ProducerCerussite, Hemimorphite
Galena Hill MineLead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, CopperPast Producer
NBMG Sample Site 4321Lead, Zinc, SilverOccurrenceGalena
Rocky Hill MineGold, ArsenicPast ProducerVein
Steamboat HillsPumiceOccurrence
Union MineLead, Copper, Zinc, Silver, GoldPast Producer1860, 1906

Every working recorded in Washoe County

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 miles

Other 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 PropertyDistance Listed
Bowers Mansion2.1 miles1976
Twaddle-Pedroli Ranch3.1 miles2000
Galena Creek Schoolhouse3.4 miles2011
Alamo Ranchhouse5.1 miles1979
Walter Cliff Ranch District6.0 miles1985
Peleg Brown Ranch7.9 miles1994

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 74001150 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Washoe CountyAll 83 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.