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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.

Gardnerville Ranchos within Douglas County

Population over time

2 figures

Gardnerville 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.

YearPeople Change
201011,312
202011,318+6 (+0%)

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

69 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Arson/incendiarism3
Fireworks3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
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
8 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest88
3 August 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestTILLMAN
3 August 2000Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeFISH

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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alpine FairviewCopper, GoldPast ProducerVein
Redelius ProspectTitanium, MetalOccurrenceRutile
West Section 31 Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction, SulfurOccurrenceSedimentary
Environmental Community BLM PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sawmill PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Alpine County Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
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

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
Dresslerville1.5 miles29
Twelvemile House2.2 miles29
Centerville2.5 miles32
Valley View (historical)3.6 miles28
Gardnerville3.7 miles29
Sheridan4.4 miles32
Minden4.7 miles32
Buckeye5.1 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 Gardnerville RanchosAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1019324The 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.