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Dresslerville, Nevada

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Gardnerville-Minden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89460. The Survey maps it on the Gardnerville quadrangle.

Dresslerville within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 29 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

79 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Dresslerville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,548 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 2 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
Natural30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Fireworks3
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism2
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
3 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeRUHENSTROTH
24 September 1994Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeROBINSON 1
19 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCarson City District OfficeMUSTANG
19 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreCarson City District OfficeBODIE
13 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestPIT
11 September 2011Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestRIVER ROCK
7 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresCarson City District OfficeCHINA SPG
4 August 1999Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeWINDMILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Dresslerville: 4 occurrences, 4 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sulfur, Titanium, Metal. 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
Norex DeclineGoldOccurrence
Redelius ProspectTitanium, MetalOccurrenceRutile
Environmental Community BLM PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sawmill PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Section 5 Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction, SulfurOccurrence
West Section 31 Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction, SulfurOccurrenceSedimentary
Bing Materials Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dresslerville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pine Nut Common Use AreaSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Douglas County

Storms near this place

8 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dresslerville in 8 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 5 flash flood, 1 debris flow, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2015Flash FloodDresslerville$10,000The Douglas County Emergency Manager reported 9 homes with damage due to flooding near the low water crossings in the Ruhenstroth subdivision area. A fire chief noted that the completely dry Pine Nut Creek was rapidly filled with a 4 to 5 foot wall of water.
August 2014Flash FloodDresslerville$10,000A spotter reported that Pine Nut Creek was flooding near Lena Lane. The Minden-Gardnerville Record Courier received a report from the owner of City of Refuge (just downstream from Lena Ln) indicating flooding of the property's orchards. One home was flooded on Blue Sage Rd.
August 2012Debris FlowDresslerville$10,000Large rocks and mud covered highway 395 near the Ray May burn scar as heavy rain caused the hillside to give way. The debris flow/rock slide caused highway 395 to be closed as heavy equipment was required to remove the rocks from the road.
September 2025Flash FloodDresslerville-Video and pictures from a fire department employee and public show Buckskin Ct road flooding along with multiple houses and stables in the vicinity.
September 2025Flash FloodDresslerville-Nevada DOT reported minor debris and flooding on both directions of US-395 with both lanes blocked.
September 2022Flash FloodDresslerville-Heavy rainfalls lead to water over the road near US-395 and Spring Valley drive.
May 2018Heavy RainDresslerville-A trained weather spotter in Gardnerville Ranchos reported 0.75 inches of rainfall from 21 May 1715PST to 1745PST.
July 2013HailDresslerville-Hail between 0.88 and 1 inch.

Every storm recorded in Douglas 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
Twelvemile House0.8 miles29
Gardnerville Ranchos1.5 miles29
Centerville3.4 miles32
Gardnerville3.5 miles29
Buckeye4.3 miles29
Minden4.7 miles32
Valley View (historical)5.1 miles28
Sheridan5.6 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 845434. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.