North Las Vegas

Sister cities

• Jiangbei District

History

Native Americans were the first to inhabit the area. Paiute Indians settled in the area in around 700 AD. During the 1860s, Conrad Kiel established a ranch at the modern-day intersection of Carey Street and Losee Road in what would be North Las Vegas. In 1917, libertarian Thomas L. Williams of Eureka, Utah visited the Las Vegas Valley, back when Las Vegas, Las Vegas Indian Colony, and Arden were the only entities in the valley. During World War II, the Las Vegas Aerial Gunnery School opened in North Las Vegas. It would eventually become Nellis Air Force Base. On May 13, 1964, First Lieutenant Raynor Lee Hebert, a student pilot from Port Arthur, Texas, took off from Nellis Air Force Base at approximately 2:00 PM on an F-105 fighter jet. He radioed his flight leader saying that he could not retract his nose gear, and thus could not gain altitude. He was at a height high enough to bail out, but so low that if he did, he would have hit Lincoln Elementary School, which was in session with 800 students. He kept the plane nose up long enough to pass the school, and eventually hit nine residential houses on Lenwood Avenue. The crash killed Hebert and four civilians. Hebert Memorial Park was created by the City of North Las Vegas with a plaque at the crash site to commemorate Hebert. In the early 1960s, North Las Vegas had a major growth boom. The 1970s in North Las Vegas saw a growth in poor neighborhoods, population density, and crime. In 1988, former mayor James Seastrand said in one interview, In the 1990s, North Las Vegas annexed about of empty desert surrounding the city, reportedly for more "upscale" housing. On January 29, 2022, nine people were killed and a tenth person was critically injured following a six-vehicle crash at the intersection of Cheyenne Avenue…

Geography

Located within the Mojave Desert in the southwestern United States, North Las Vegas sits northeast of Las Vegas. According to the United States Census Bureau, North Las Vegas has a total area of , of which , or 0.04%, is water. In the Las Vegas Valley, there are several prominent mountain ranges nearby. Due to its location within the Mojave Desert, North Las Vegas has a desert climate. Temperatures are generally mild in the winter and hot in the summer. Like most of the hot deserts of the United States, snowfall only occurs once every few years on average. In winter, temperatures are mild during the day but typically fall below freezing overnight. In the summer, monsoons can reach the area, bringing heavy rain and thunderstorms.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Rock Pigeon

  Columba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
  7,971
• Northern Mockingbird

  Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  6,550
• Great-tailed Grackle

  Quiscalus mexicanus (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
  6,314
• Verdin

  Auriparus flaviceps (Sundevall, 1850) · Aves
  5,788
• Anna's Hummingbird

  Calypte anna (R.Lesson, 1829) · Aves
  5,757
• House Finch

  Haemorhous mexicanus (P.L.Statius Müller, 1776) · Aves
  5,610
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  5,325
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  4,581

Largest nearby schools

• Adult Education Programs
  High · Las Vegas · 4,559 students · 227.9:1 ratio
• Arbor View HS
  High · Las Vegas · 3,251 students · 24.4:1 ratio
• Shadow Ridge HS
  High · Las Vegas · 3,243 students · 25.5:1 ratio
• Desert Pines HS
  High · Las Vegas · 3,151 students · 24.4:1 ratio
• Rancho HS
  High · Las Vegas · 3,064 students · 25.1:1 ratio
• Mojave HS
  High · N Las Vegas · 2,758 students · 26.5:1 ratio
• Legacy HS
  High · N Las Vegas · 2,750 students · 25.9:1 ratio
• Canyon Springs HS
  High · N Las Vegas · 2,719 students · 23.6:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.72 — 2026-08-20
  17 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada
• M 2.59 — 2026-08-19
  44 km NNW of Moapa Town, Nevada
• M 3 — 2026-08-09
  35 km WNW of Indian Springs, Nevada
• M 2.67 — 2026-07-31
  40 km SE of Alamo, Nevada
• M 2.99 — 2026-07-12
  17 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada
• M 3.17 — 2026-06-25
  18 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada