Kingsbury, Nevada
34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Zephyr Cove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89449. It lies near Folsom Peak. The Survey maps it on the South Lake Tahoe quadrangle. 2,313 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,208 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresKingsbury grew from 2,152 to 2,313 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 | 2,152 | |
| 2020 | 2,313 | +161 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 34 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
- 1955 USGS Bijou quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS South Lake Tahoe quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Freel Peak 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
- 1974 USGS South Lake Tahoe quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Smith Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS South Lake Tahoe quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
268 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 268 fires within 5 miles of Kingsbury between 1992 and 2020, burning about 931 acres in total. 48 started naturally. 31 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 | 72 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 54 |
| Natural | 48 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Smoking | 29 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | HOLLY |
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 9 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | PARTY |
| 8 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | KAHLE |
| 8 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | not named |
| 7 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | EDNA 1 |
| 7 September 2007 | Other causes | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | SADDLE |
| 7 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | LIBRARY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Kingsbury: 6 occurrences, 5 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Sulfur, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genoa Claims | Gold, Copper, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Granite Group | Uranium, Copper | Occurrence | Chrysocolla | |
| Hunch and Lucky Strike Claims | Uranium, Thorium | Occurrence | Allanite | |
| Kingbury Queen Prospect | Quartz, Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Section 21 Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Valleys Hot Spring | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Section 10 Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur | Occurrence | ||
| Section 15 Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur | Occurrence | ||
| Granite Group Nos 1-5 | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Hunch and Lucky Strike Claims | Uranium | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsbury Meadows | 0.7 miles | 34 | |
| Kingsbury Village | 0.9 miles | 34 | |
| Summit Village | 1.1 miles | 34 | |
| Tahoe Village | 1.6 miles | 34 | |
| Hobart (historical) | 1.8 miles | 34 | |
| Stateline | 2.0 miles | 34 | |
| Round Hill | 2.0 miles | 34 | |
| Edgewood | 2.2 miles | 34 |
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 Kingsbury | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2392180 | 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 847765. 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.












