Topaz Lake, Nevada
Census-designated place in Nevada, United States
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Topaz Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) in Douglas County, Nevada, United States. The population was 157 at the 2010 census.[4]
Topaz Lake, Nevada | |
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Community of Topaz Lake in foreground, with lake beyond | |
  Topaz Lake Location of Topaz Lake, Nevada | |
| Coordinates: 38°41′44″N 119°32′38″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada |
| County | Douglas |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.69 sq mi (4.39 km2) |
| • Land | 1.24 sq mi (3.21 km2) |
| • Water | 0.46 sq mi (1.18 km2) |
| Elevation | 5,059 ft (1,542 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 202 |
| • Density | 162.8/sq mi (62.87/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code | 89410[3] |
| Area code | 775 |
| FIPS code | 32-74200 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2583958[2] |
Geography
The CDP is located on the northwest shore of Topaz Lake just north of the California border. U.S. Route 395 runs through the community, leading north 37 miles (60 km) to Carson City and south 66 miles (106 km) to Mono Lake in California. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Topaz Lake CDP has a total area of 1.7 square miles (4.4 km2), of which 1.2 square miles (3.1 km2) is land and 0.50 square miles (1.3 km2), or 29.87%, is water.[4]
Climate
| Climate data for Topaz Lake, Nevada (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1957–present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 73 (23) |
75 (24) |
82 (28) |
89 (32) |
97 (36) |
105 (41) |
105 (41) |
102 (39) |
99 (37) |
94 (34) |
78 (26) |
75 (24) |
105 (41) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 47.3 (8.5) |
50.6 (10.3) |
57.6 (14.2) |
62.8 (17.1) |
71.6 (22.0) |
82.0 (27.8) |
91.5 (33.1) |
90.4 (32.4) |
81.9 (27.7) |
70.0 (21.1) |
55.9 (13.3) |
46.4 (8.0) |
67.3 (19.6) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 34.7 (1.5) |
37.6 (3.1) |
43.2 (6.2) |
48.1 (8.9) |
56.4 (13.6) |
65.0 (18.3) |
73.4 (23.0) |
71.9 (22.2) |
63.9 (17.7) |
52.8 (11.6) |
41.8 (5.4) |
34.1 (1.2) |
51.9 (11.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 22.1 (−5.5) |
24.6 (−4.1) |
28.8 (−1.8) |
33.3 (0.7) |
41.3 (5.2) |
48.0 (8.9) |
55.3 (12.9) |
53.4 (11.9) |
46.0 (7.8) |
35.7 (2.1) |
27.7 (−2.4) |
21.9 (−5.6) |
36.5 (2.5) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −17 (−27) |
−5 (−21) |
0 (−18) |
7 (−14) |
16 (−9) |
27 (−3) |
30 (−1) |
29 (−2) |
19 (−7) |
9 (−13) |
−1 (−18) |
−14 (−26) |
−17 (−27) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.59 (15) |
0.44 (11) |
1.13 (29) |
0.35 (8.9) |
0.60 (15) |
0.11 (2.8) |
0.33 (8.4) |
0.26 (6.6) |
0.19 (4.8) |
0.25 (6.4) |
0.67 (17) |
1.00 (25) |
5.92 (150) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 5.8 (15) |
3.0 (7.6) |
3.1 (7.9) |
0.3 (0.76) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
1.5 (3.8) |
4.6 (12) |
18.3 (46) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 2.7 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 4.6 | 27.5 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 1.6 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 8.0 |
| Source: NOAA[5][6] | |||||||||||||
