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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.

Golden Valley within Washoe County

Population over time

2 figures

Golden 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,556
20201,580+24 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

188 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined77
Natural24
Firearms and explosives use22
Equipment and vehicle use20
Arson/incendiarism11
Recreation and ceremony7
Debris and open burning7
Fireworks5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes3

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
8 September 2011Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestSPOONER
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTruckee Meadows Fire Protection DistrictDUTCH FLAT
5 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeMETEOR
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada Division of Forestry - Western RegionLONG VIEW
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresReno Fire DepartmentSHELL
27 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeMIDDLE FORK
23 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.5 acresCarson City District OfficeHUNGRY
23 September 2006Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestEISENBERG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washoe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Black Panther Mine AreaTitaniumOccurrence
Fravel MinesGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Golden FleeceGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, AntimonyPast ProducerStockwork
Golden Fleece MineGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Lemmon Valley Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Marshall GroupLead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Paymaster MineSilver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Reno MayGold, Silver, Lead, ZincOccurrenceGalena, Pyrite
Unnamed DepositGraniteOccurrence
Unnamed MineGold, Boron-BoratesPast 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
Grand View Terrace1.6 miles29
Black Springs1.6 miles29
Lemmon Valley1.7 miles28
Panther Valley1.8 miles29
Raleigh Heights1.9 miles29
Martin2.5 miles29
Sun Valley3.0 miles29
Reno-Stead4.0 miles28

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 ValleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5579930The 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.