Denio

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Denio

Total population

36

Median home value

$0

41.7%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$0

Elevation1282 m

Land area41.75 km²

Coordinates41.99°, -118.64°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Denio is a census-designated place (CDP) in Humboldt County, Nevada, along the Oregon state line in the United States. The Denio post office was originally north of the state line in Harney County, Oregon, but the residents moved the building into Nevada in the mid-20th century. The population of the CDP, which is entirely in Nevada, was 34 at the 2020 census. Additional development considered to be Denio extends into Oregon. The CDP includes a post office, a community center, a library, and the Diamond Inn Bar, the center of the town's social life. Recreational activities in the Denio area include bird watching, photography, off-road vehicle use, fishing, recreational black opal mining, rockhounding, hunting, visiting the hot springs, and camping on the Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Nevada

• McDermitt
  47.1 mi away · pop. 22
• Fort McDermitt
  51.3 mi away · pop. 286
• Orovada
  51.8 mi away · pop. 141
• Paradise Valley
  66.2 mi away · pop. 247
• Winnemucca
  85.1 mi away
• Golconda
  92.7 mi away
• Grass Valley
  94.1 mi away
• Imlay
  95.4 mi away · pop. 385
• Gerlach
  100.2 mi away · pop. 58
• Empire
  104.3 mi away
• Humboldt River Ranch
  109.2 mi away
• Unionville
  109.9 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Denio

Nevada, Denio: 1:100,000-scale topographic map

United States · 2001

Proposed domestic livestock grazing management program for the Paradise-Denio resource area, Humboldt and Pershing counties, Nevada

United States. Bureau of Land Management. Winnemucca District · 1981

Paradise-Denio resource area

United States. Bureau of Land Management. Winnemucca District · 1981

Planning area analysis

Peggy McGuckian Jones · 1979

Paradise-Denio and Sonoma-Gerlach management framework plan

United States. Bureau of Land Management. Winnemucca District · 1999

Sonoma-Gerlach and Paradise-Denio management framework plan and amendment and draft environmental impact statement

United States. Bureau of Land Management. Winnemucca Field Office. · 2000

Winnemucca Field Office, proposed lands amendment and environmental assessment of the Paradise-Denio and Sonoma-Gerlach management framework plans

United States. Bureau of Land Management. Winnemucca District · 1998

Sonoma-Gerlach and Paradise-Denio management framework plan amendment and draft environmental impact statement

United States. Bureau of Land Management. Winnemucca District · 1998

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Emergency Stabilization BAER McConnell, Humboldt, Nevada
  Wildfires · 2026-09-03 · 56 mi
• Wildfire McConnell, Humboldt, Nevada
  Wildfires · 2026-08-25 · 56 mi
• Wildfire Calico, Humboldt, Nevada
  Wildfires · 2026-08-26 · 66 mi
• Wildfire MUSTANG, Malheur, Oregon
  Wildfires · 2026-08-25 · 77 mi
• Wildfire FLINT, Owyhee, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-08-24 · 111 mi
• Wildfire Antelope Creek, Elko, Nevada
  Wildfires · 2026-08-02 · 126 mi
• Wildfire Picture Rock, Lake, Oregon
  Wildfires · 2026-08-16 · 130 mi
• Wildfire California Creek, Elko, Nevada
  Wildfires · 2026-08-25 · 139 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Sand Ricegrass

Eriocoma hymenoides

Seen 2026-09-20

Slender Buckwheat

Eriogonum microtheca

Seen 2026-09-20

Hoary Tansyaster

Dieteria canescens

Seen 2026-09-20

Turban Pebblesnail

Fluminicola turbiniformis

Seen 2026-09-19

matted wild buckwheat

Eriogonum caespitosum

Seen 2026-09-19

quaking aspen

Populus tremuloides

Seen 2026-09-19

Yellow Rabbitbrush

Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

Seen 2026-09-19

Western Yellow-bellied Racer

Coluber constrictor mormon

Seen 2026-09-19

Phidippus nikites

Phidippus nikites

Seen 2026-09-17

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).