Skyland, Nevada
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Zephyr Cove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89448. It stands on Lincoln Creek. The Survey maps it on the Glenbrook quadrangle. 328 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,260 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSkyland fell from 376 to 328 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 | 376 | |
| 2020 | 328 | -48 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 30 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.
- 1891 USGS Carson quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Carson quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1893 USGS Carson City quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Glenbrook quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Carson City quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Carson City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Glenbrook quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
169 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Skyland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 41 acres in total. 46 started naturally. 20 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 46 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | HOLLY |
| 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 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | LIBRARY |
| 6 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | KAHLE 1 |
| 4 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 September 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | LOOP |
| 29 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | VAN SICKLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Skyland: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeridge | 1.0 miles | 30 | |
| Lincoln Park | 1.2 miles | 30 | |
| Zephyr Cove | 1.5 miles | 30 | |
| Round Hill | 2.2 miles | 34 | |
| Elk Point | 2.5 miles | 34 | |
| Hobart (historical) | 2.8 miles | 34 | |
| Logan Creek Estates | 3.0 miles | 30 | |
| Tahoe Village | 3.7 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 Skyland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5395166 | 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 861402. 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.









