San Jacinto, Nevada

San Jacinto, Nevada
Ghost town
San Jacinto is located in Nevada
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San Jacinto is located in the United States
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Jacinto (the United States)
Coordinates: 41°52′07″N 114°40′35″W / 41.86861°N 114.67639°W / 41.86861; -114.67639[1]
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
CountyElko
Elevation
[1]
5,200 ft (1,585 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
89825
Area code775
GNIS feature ID845648[1]

San Jacinto is a ghost town in along Salmon Falls Creek in northern Elko County, Nevada, United States.[1] It is part of the Elko Micropolitan Statistical Area.

It was the site of a railroad station located eight miles northeast of Contact, Nevada on the Union Pacific railroad.[2]

It is named after the San Jacinto Ranch,[3] which in turn is named for the Battle of San Jacinto, fought at present-day Houston, Texas in 1836.[2]

The San Jacinto post office was in operation from November 1898 through April 1938.[4]

The lowest temperature ever recorded in Nevada, −50 °F (−46 °C) was recorded in San Jacinto on January 8, 1937.[5]

The site of the former community is just east of U.S. Route 93.or the Great Basin Highway.[6] Most of what remains of the ghost town is what is now the San Jacinto Ranch.

San Jacinto Ranch, just off U.S. Route 93, July 2009

Climate

Climate data for San Jacinto, Nevada
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 65
(18) 		68
(20) 		74
(23) 		85
(29) 		92
(33) 		100
(38) 		104
(40) 		108
(42) 		95
(35) 		90
(32) 		78
(26) 		68
(20) 		108
(42)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 36.5
(2.5) 		41.3
(5.2) 		49.7
(9.8) 		58.6
(14.8) 		66.6
(19.2) 		76.2
(24.6) 		87.4
(30.8) 		84.9
(29.4) 		76.0
(24.4) 		62.8
(17.1) 		49.5
(9.7) 		40.2
(4.6) 		60.8
(16.0)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 11.4
(−11.4) 		16.8
(−8.4) 		22.7
(−5.2) 		28.7
(−1.8) 		34.4
(1.3) 		39.8
(4.3) 		45.4
(7.4) 		41.3
(5.2) 		33.3
(0.7) 		25.9
(−3.4) 		18.3
(−7.6) 		13.6
(−10.2) 		27.6
(−2.4)
Record low °F (°C) −50
(−46) 		−34
(−37) 		−16
(−27) 		−3
(−19) 		11
(−12) 		19
(−7) 		30
(−1) 		21
(−6) 		10
(−12) 		0
(−18) 		−22
(−30) 		−45
(−43) 		−50
(−46)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 0.66
(17) 		0.47
(12) 		0.59
(15) 		0.93
(24) 		1.29
(33) 		1.16
(29) 		0.51
(13) 		0.48
(12) 		0.47
(12) 		0.60
(15) 		0.62
(16) 		0.56
(14) 		8.34
(212)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 7.1
(18) 		4.5
(11) 		3.7
(9.4) 		2.8
(7.1) 		1.3
(3.3) 		0.2
(0.51) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.3
(0.76) 		0.7
(1.8) 		3.1
(7.9) 		5.3
(13) 		28.9
(73)
Source: WRCC[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "San Jacinto". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ a b Carlson, Helen S. (1985). Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary. University of Nevada Press. ISBN 978-0-87417-094-8. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
  3. ^ "San Jacinto Ranch". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: San Jacinto Post Office (historical)
  5. ^ National Climatic Data Center. "State Climate Extremes Committee (SCEC)". Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  6. ^ "San Jacinto, Nevada 89825" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  7. ^ "SAN JACINTO, NEVADA (267284)". Desert Research Institute. Retrieved June 12, 2016.

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