Nevada Water Science Center

Flood Chronology of the Carson River Basin, California and Nevada

Lyon County

The First Territorial Legislature created Lyon County on November 24, 1861. It was one of nine original counties. At the same time, Dayton was designated the County Seat. In 1911 the Nevada State Legislature designated Yerington as the County seat (http://www.lyon-county.org).

Data are available for the following floods:

New Year 2006 ||January 1997 ||February 1986 ||December 1964 ||February 1963 ||December 1955 ||November 1950 ||December 1937 ||March 1928 ||January 1914 ||January 1909 ||March 1907 ||January 1906 ||February 1904 ||March 1890 ||January 1886 ||January 1874 ||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.

 

map of county land use January 1997 January 1997 March 1907 January 1906 New Year's 2006 January 1997lcflood_event1.cfm?flood_id=1#videoJanuary 1997January 1997
1. January 1997 || 2. January 1997 || 3. March 1907 || 4. January 1906 || 5. New Year's 2006
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