Nevada Mapping Resources

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This page is a supplemental mapping resource page for editors of Nevada. All guidance specific to Nevada can be found in the Southwest region wiki. Other states in the Southwest region include Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, New Mexico, and Utah.

To get in contact with the Southwest editors please use >> this link << to join the Southwest Region Editors on Discord. Discord is the primary communication platform for Southwest editors.

If you have questions about this page or it needs updating please visit [Page update] Southwest Region (SWR) Wiki and reference this page, Nevada Mapping Resources.

Mapping resources

County GIS Sources

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 Google has deprecated a technology called NPAPI in Chrome 42, and plans to drop it entirely at some point. This technology is required to run plugins like Silverlight, Java and others. Firefox has also reduced support for NPAPI as of 30. Many of the links below will require you to allow these plugins to run, by way of a popup in your browser. Some of the sites below use Silverlight, and will be affected by this change.

The purpose for including county Assessor Offices which do not have online GIS Street Address data at the time of their inclusion here is to show that they were looked into, and not merely overlooked. It also provides a placeholder for those counties against the day when they might add such services at a future date. If you’re looking for information on a county which shows not having GIS data online in the above list, you are encouraged to click on that link and look through what that office has to offer. If the location has added GIS services, its entry in the above list can be corrected to reflect that.

Other Resources (non-Street Address)

At the present time Waze is not mapping MVUM roads less than roads listed below:

  • OK TO MAP - Roads open to highway legal vehicles only*
  • Roads open to all vehicles (licensed and unlicensed)
    • NOT MAPPED -Trails open to vehicles 50 inches or less in width (ATV, motorcycle, etc.), and
    • NOT MAPPED - Trails open to all (full size) vehicles (trails may be rugged and narrow- intended for jeeps)
    • NOT MAPPED - Trails open to motorcycles only (single track).

Functional Classification

Nevada is following the Functional Classification (FC) system for the USA.

The following resource can help to determine the FC for some of the roads in Nevada:

NDOT GIS class and color description

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NDOT to Waze conversion table

While there has been a little bit of confusion regarding the road types based on common sense. If you read the wiki, Nevada uses the DOT guidelines for the purpose of navigation routing and not based on the given name of the road. Nevada has a lot of graded gravel roads which are technically considered primary roads within WME. Before changing a road type to anything less than that which is assigned in the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) functional classification check with an Area Manager, State Manager, Regional Coordinator, or Country Manager within the Nevada Forum.

Closures

When managing a section of roadway under construction or being closed for a major event, follow the Wiki guidelines on construction zones and Real time closures.

The following resources can help provide information on construction projects and road closures in the state:

An interactive map showing road conditions and other information throughout the state, including closed roads

Roads

U-turns

It should be noted that in Nevada per the NRS, U-Turns are legal where safe and not expressly prohibited by a sign indicating “NO U-Turn” (or the typical U-Turn arrow with a red circle and slash over it). Even if there is a sign at a signal which shows a left turn arrow and the word “ONLY” under it, as long as there is not also a sign indicating no U-Turn permitted, then it is allowed as long as it is safe. See #2 above regarding minimum size to be considered.

NOTE: During various times of the day in a school zone, U-Turns are prohibited by Nevada law, even if there isn’t a sign present. Other than the standard “half hour before schools starts operation” until “half hour after school completes operation,” there’s also a stipulation of “when children are present” that doesn’t mention anything about during school hours. It could possibly be interpreted as meaning even on a weekend/holiday if there are children walking along the street, so it’s best to simply not mark a U-Turn possibility as enabled inside of a school zone area.

At-Grade Connectors (AGCs)

Nevada is following the AGC guidelines for the USA. The following information is provided here for further clarification as to how right turns are handled when an AGC is present:

  1. As a general rule, we do not mark a right turn at an intersection green if there is an AGC ahead of it that provides for the right turn; the turn to the AGC is marked green and the turn at the intersection is marked red, even if there is no sign or other indication that the turn is prohibited.
  2. In certain situations, it might be allowed to do both; most commonly, if there is an actual dedicated right-turn lane at the intersection (with markings on the road or signage designating it as a right-turn lane), we will mark that with a green arrow in addition to the green arrow at the AGC on the approach to it.

If unsure, please check with the state manager or regional coordinator before setting/changing turn permission at the intersection.

Cameras

No Red Light or Speed Cameras In Nevada
Per NRS 484A.600, speed and red light cameras are illegal in Nevada, except under special conditions. They can be hand-held by an officer or mounted to a patrol car or police building, but they cannot be placed as fixed or unattended mobile installations on the road or at signal lights.

A number of drivers are unaware of this, and often mistake traffic control cameras for red light or speed cameras, and will add them via the app. Just delete those cameras. If the person who reported the camera has taken the time to set up a forum account, you can contact them via PM to inform them of the deletion and to point them to this page.

There is a loophole in the law which allows private entities such as Home Owners’ Associations (HOAs) to place speed cameras on private property. However, as those do not have an impact on the public as a whole, they are not added to the Waze map at this time.