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Lemmon Valley, Nevada

28 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 near Kelly Ravine. The Survey maps it on the Reno NE quadrangle. 4,987 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Lemmon Valley within Washoe County

Population over time

2 figures

Lemmon Valley fell from 5,040 to 4,987 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
20105,040
20204,987-53 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 28 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

175 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 175 fires within 5 miles of Lemmon Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,068 acres in total. 45 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined57
Natural45
Firearms and explosives use27
Equipment and vehicle use17
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Debris and open burning3
Smoking2
Fireworks2
Other causes2

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
3 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCarson City District OfficeHUNGRYVAL
27 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeMIDDLE FORK
27 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCarson City District OfficeCHICKADEE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washoe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Lemmon Valley: 16 past producers, 6 prospects, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Gold, Silver, 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
EmmaSilver, GoldPast ProducerVein
Fravel MinesGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Golden FleeceGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, AntimonyPast ProducerStockwork
Golden Fleece MineGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Marshall GroupLead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Paymaster MineSilver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Black Panther AreaTitanium, MetalOccurrenceVein
Black Panther Mine AreaTitanium, MetalOccurrence
Fravel MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast ProducerArgentite, Enargite, Galena, Sphalerite
PaymasterGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast ProducerStockwork

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
Golden Valley1.7 miles29
Black Springs1.9 miles29
Grand View Terrace1.9 miles29
Reno-Stead2.3 miles28
Martin2.7 miles29
Raleigh Heights3.2 miles29
Panther Valley3.4 miles29
Sun Valley4.5 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 Lemmon ValleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6521224The 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 850800. 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.