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Photograph of Wabuska Railroad Station
Photograph by Barbmathers, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Wabuska Railroad Station

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

From the record

“The Wabuska Railroad Station, on South Carson Street in Carson City, Nevada, was built in 1906. It was a work of the Southern Pacific Co.”

Wikipedia article Wabuska station, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 43 National Register listings published here for Carson City · listed in 1984 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. S. Carson St., Carson City (Independent City), 89701
  • When was it listed? August 1984
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Carson City
  • National Register reference number. 84002070 - 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

156 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Wabuska Railroad Station between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,567 acres in total. 42 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined46
Natural42
Recreation and ceremony27
Equipment and vehicle use12
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Debris and open burning6
Fireworks5
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking1
Firearms and explosives use1

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
9 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeBRUNSWICK
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeARROWHEAD
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeAMBROSE
8 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeKOONTZ
8 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeMEXICAN
4 September 2019Natural5.3 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestJACKS
3 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeSILVER
29 September 2003Recreation and ceremony35 acresCarson City District OfficeVOLTAIRE 2

Every fire recorded in Carson City

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 51 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 51 workings within 5 miles of Wabuska Railroad Station: 26 past producers, 11 occurrences, 9 prospects, 3 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Athens MineSilver, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Brunswick Canyon PitStonePast Producer
Capitol Iron DepositIronOccurrenceHematite, Magnetite
Carson Black Lead MineGraphitePast Producer1903
Carson City Monazite-Bearing PlacerREE, Chromium, Gold, Iron, ZirconiumProspect
Carson MineGold, Silver, Lead, TungstenProspect
Crystal ClaimsSilver, Lead, Zinc, GoldPast Producer
Lucky Strike GroupUranium, Silver, GoldProspect
May DayLead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, CopperPast Producer
North CarsonCopper, Silver, LeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Carson City

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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 84002070 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Carson CityAll 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.