Sandy Valley, Nevada
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Clark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89019. The Survey maps it on the West of Shenandoah Peak quadrangle. 1,663 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,641 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSandy Valley fell from 2,051 to 1,663 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 | 2,051 | |
| 2020 | 1,663 | -388 (-19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 26 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.
- 1910 USGS Ivanpah quadrangle1:250000
- 1912 USGS Ivanpah quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Ivanpah quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Shenandoah Peak quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mesquite Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS West of Shenandoah Peak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Sandy Valley between 1994 and 2017, burning about 71 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 1994 | Natural | 20 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | not named |
| 31 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | CCFD 6 |
| 29 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Southern Nevada District Office | CCFD 10 |
| 2 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | California Desert District | MESQUITE |
| 2 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | SANDY VALLEY 1 |
| 17 July 2005 | Firearms and explosives use | 1.0 acres | Southern Nevada District Office | SANDYVLY |
| 9 June 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | MOHICAN |
| 7 June 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | GOOD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Sandy Valley: 24 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Uranium, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azurite Mine | Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Platinum | Past Producer | 1899 | |
| Azurite Mine | Copper, Zinc, Uranium, Silver, Lead, Gold | Past Producer | 1910 | |
| Boss Mine | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium, Copper, Lead, Titanium, Metal | Past Producer | 1886, 1937 | |
| Boss Mine | Copper, Platinum, Gold, Silver, Palladium, Lead | Past Producer | 1886 | |
| Copper Chief Mine | Cobalt, Silver, Uranium, Zinc, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Copperside Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver, Uranium | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| Highline Mine | Cobalt, Silver, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| Hoodoo Mine | Zinc, Lead, Silver, Vanadium | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Hoodoo Mine | Zinc, Silver, Vanadium, Lead | Past Producer | 1911 | |
| Mobile Mine | Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Vanadium, Molybdenum | Past Producer | Replacement |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln City | 1.1 miles | 27 | |
| Mandolin (historical) | 1.4 miles | 26 | |
| Sandy Mill | 1.7 miles | 27 | |
| Ripley | 2.1 miles | 27 | |
| Platina (historical) | 3.0 miles | 27 | |
| Root Camp (historical) | 5.4 miles | 27 | |
| Goodsprings | 10.6 miles | 26 | |
| Mountain Springs | 15.5 miles | 22 |
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 Sandy Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2323266 | 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 854717. 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.











