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Silver Springs, Nevada

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Silver Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89429. The Survey maps it on the Silver Springs North quadrangle. 5,629 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,199 feet above sea level.

Silver Springs within Lyon County

Population over time

2 figures

Silver Springs grew from 5,296 to 5,629 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
20105,296
20205,629+333 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 22 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

15 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Silver Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 207 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined8
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
25 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeWNA 8
8 August 2013Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeDAMIANS
7 August 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNevada Division of Forestry - Western RegionLAHONTON
28 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined11 acresCarson City District OfficeMUSTANG
19 July 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCarson City District OfficeCURVE
17 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada Division of Forestry - Western RegionLAHONTAN BEACH 7
16 July 2010Natural2.0 acresNevada Division of Forestry - Western RegionRAMSEY WEEKS
14 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined87 acresCarson City District OfficeLIZZIE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lyon County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Silver Springs: 3 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Antimony, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury, Gold. 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
De Longchamps ProspectAntimony, Mercury, GoldProspect
Hazen Diatomite PitDiatomiteProducer
Silver Springs County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Talapoosa DepositGold, Silver, Mercury, Copper, Zinc, LeadProducer1864, 1926
De Longchamps ProspectMercury, AntimonyOccurrenceCinnabar, Stibnite
Mercury ProspectMercuryOccurrence

Every working recorded in Lyon 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
Nevada Station (historical)0.8 miles22
Talapoosa3.8 miles22
Ramsey Station4.8 miles22
Marshland (historical)7.9 miles22
Weeks (historical)8.1 miles22
Stagecoach8.4 miles22
Bucklands Station (historical)8.5 miles22
Ramsey (historical)9.3 miles22

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 Silver SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2323239The 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 858187. 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.