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Cold Springs, Nevada

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the North Valleys census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89508. The Survey maps it on the Reno NW quadrangle. 10,153 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,059 feet above sea level.

Cold Springs within Washoe County

Population over time

2 figures

Cold Springs grew from 8,544 to 10,153 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20108,544
202010,153+1,609 (+19%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 28 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

105 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Cold Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 21,882 acres in total. 51 started naturally. 3 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Equipment and vehicle use9
Firearms and explosives use5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2017Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeHEINZ
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTruckee Meadows Fire Protection DistrictBRIAR
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada Division of Forestry - Western RegionLONG VIEW
30 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCarson City District OfficeWHITE LAKE
30 September 2000Firearms and explosives use282 acresCarson City District OfficeCLDSPRNGS2
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresReno Fire DepartmentSHELL
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined94 acresCarson City District OfficeCOLD SPRINGS VIEW
24 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestEAST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washoe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Cold Springs: 10 past producers, 6 prospects, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Silver, Gold, Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Birch Copper ProspectCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, ZincProspect
Red Metals MineGold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerBornite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite
Red Rock ProspectREE, UraniumProspect
AntelopeCopper, Silver, GoldPast ProducerVein
Antelope MineCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Bordertown Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Redelius ClaimsCopper, Gold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Redelius ClaimsCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Reno-Stead Airport PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed MineGold, CopperPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Washoe County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Border Town0.8 miles28
Heinz (historical)1.6 miles28
Copperfield3.8 miles28
Reno-Stead5.5 miles28
Martin7.6 miles29
Lemmon Valley7.7 miles28
Black Springs8.0 miles29
Grand View Terrace8.0 miles29

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Cold SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2283865The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1852655. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.