Golden Valley, Nevada
29 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 89506. It lies in Golden Valley. The Survey maps it on the Reno quadrangle. 1,580 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,092 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGolden Valley grew from 1,556 to 1,580 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 | 1,556 | |
| 2020 | 1,580 | +24 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1891 USGS Reno quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Reno quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1950 USGS Reno quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Reno quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Reno quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1974 USGS Reno quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Reno quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
188 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 188 fires within 5 miles of Golden Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 21,150 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 77 |
| Natural | 24 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | SPOONER |
| 6 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District | DUTCH FLAT |
| 5 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Carson City District Office | METEOR |
| 30 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nevada Division of Forestry - Western Region | LONG VIEW |
| 3 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Reno Fire Department | SHELL |
| 27 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carson City District Office | MIDDLE FORK |
| 23 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.5 acres | Carson City District Office | HUNGRY |
| 23 September 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 5.0 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | EISENBERG |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 35 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Golden Valley: 13 past producers, 12 occurrences, 9 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Panther Mine Area | Titanium | Occurrence | ||
| Fravel Mines | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Golden Fleece | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Antimony | Past Producer | Stockwork | |
| Golden Fleece Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Lemmon Valley Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Marshall Group | Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Paymaster Mine | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Reno May | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Galena, Pyrite | |
| Unnamed Deposit | Granite | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Gold, Boron-Borates | Past Producer | Vein |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand View Terrace | 1.6 miles | 29 | |
| Black Springs | 1.6 miles | 29 | |
| Lemmon Valley | 1.7 miles | 28 | |
| Panther Valley | 1.8 miles | 29 | |
| Raleigh Heights | 1.9 miles | 29 | |
| Martin | 2.5 miles | 29 | |
| Sun Valley | 3.0 miles | 29 | |
| Reno-Stead | 4.0 miles | 28 |
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 Golden Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5579930 | 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 850799. 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.









