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Hidden Valley, Nevada

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Reno Southeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89502. It lies in Hidden Valley. The Survey maps it on the Steamboat quadrangle.

Hidden Valley within Washoe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 32 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

41 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Hidden Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 26,355 acres in total. 7 started naturally. None was 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/undetermined20
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning2
Smoking2
Other causes1
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1
Firearms and explosives use1

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
17 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresCarson City District OfficeRNOX 22
6 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresStorey County Fire DepartmentPOWERLINE
6 August 2017Natural192 acresCarson City District OfficeCANYON
6 August 2017Natural2,816 acresCarson City District OfficePRATER
6 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCarson City District OfficeJEEP
3 August 1999Natural2.0 acresCarson City District OfficeANDREA
29 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeVISTA
26 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresCarson City District OfficeRIO POCO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washoe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Hidden Valley: 6 producers, 4 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Pumice, Mercury. 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
(Facility) United States Platinum RefineryREE, Uranium, Silver, Platinum, GoldPlant
Short Ranch PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hill and Burgner ProspectUraniumProspect
Neuebaumer and Kelley ClaimsUraniumOccurrence
Rilite Aggregate CompanyPumiceProducer
Unnamed Pumicious RhyolitePumiceOccurrence
Washington Hill MineMercuryOccurrence1941
Washington Hill MineMercuryPast Producer1941
All-Lite Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Isbell OperationSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Glendale2.3 miles28
Vista2.5 miles28
Sparks3.5 miles29
Huffaker (historical)4.0 miles31
Andersons (historical)4.5 miles31
Hafed4.9 miles28
Wedekind5.1 miles28
Mustang5.2 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 847840. 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.