Gardnerville Ranchos, 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. 11,318 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,859 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGardnerville Ranchos grew from 11,312 to 11,318 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 11,312 | |
| 2020 | 11,318 | +6 (+0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 29 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1889 USGS Markleeville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Markleeville quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Markleeville quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1948 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Mt. Siegel quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Gardnerville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1974 USGS Gardnerville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Smith Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
69 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Gardnerville Ranchos between 1992 and 2020, burning about 423 acres in total. 21 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Carson City District Office | RUHENSTROTH |
| 19 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Carson City District Office | MUSTANG |
| 19 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Carson City District Office | BODIE |
| 13 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | PIT |
| 11 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | RIVER ROCK |
| 8 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | 88 |
| 3 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | TILLMAN |
| 3 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Carson City District Office | FISH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Gardnerville Ranchos: 5 past producers, 4 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Fairview | Copper, Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Redelius Prospect | Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | Rutile | |
| West Section 31 Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Environmental Community BLM Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Sawmill Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Alpine County Pit No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Bing Materials Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dresslerville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pine Nut Common Use Area | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dresslerville | 1.5 miles | 29 | |
| Twelvemile House | 2.2 miles | 29 | |
| Centerville | 2.5 miles | 32 | |
| Valley View (historical) | 3.6 miles | 28 | |
| Gardnerville | 3.7 miles | 29 | |
| Sheridan | 4.4 miles | 32 | |
| Minden | 4.7 miles | 32 | |
| Buckeye | 5.1 miles | 29 |
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 Gardnerville Ranchos | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1019324 | The 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 1867346. 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.










