Nevada Water Science Center

Flood Chronology of the Carson River Basin, California and Nevada

Churchill County

Churchill County is approximately one hour east of Reno. Churchill County encompasses approximately 4,900 square miles and one urban area, the city of Fallon. The most current population is between 26,000 and 27,000. Of that number, approximately 8,600 persons reside within the city limits of Fallon, the county seat. Churchill County is also the home of the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe (http://www.fpst.org/). For more information on Churchill County, visit the Churchill County web site <http://www.churchillcounty.org/aboutcounty.htm>.

Data are available for the following floods:

January 1997 ||June 1983 ||March 1907 ||March 1890 ||January 1886 ||January 1862 ||December 1861 ||December 1852 ||

Zoning Map

Flood events on map are linked to flood zone maps, photos, and data for those particular events (locations are approximate).
Map data from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

churchill county map March 1907 March 1907 June 1983

1. March 1907 || 2. March 1907 || 3. June 1983
FirstGov button  Take Pride in America button