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Smith, Nevada

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Smith Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89430. It stands on Desert Creek. The Survey maps it on the Smith quadrangle. It stands 4,767 feet above sea level.

Smith within Lyon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

10 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Smith between 1992 and 2018, burning about 2,324 acres in total. 3 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
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
30 September 2011Natural1,113 acresCarson City District OfficeBURBANK
8 August 1995Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresCarson City District OfficeCOLONY RD
30 August 2005Fireworksunder an acreCarson City District OfficePIT
19 August 2003Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestHILL
4 July 1992Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresCarson City District OfficeWILSON CYN
29 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestSUMMER
23 July 1998Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeKIM
18 July 1996Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestHEY DAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lyon County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Smith: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Gold, Copper, 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
Taylor Hill MineGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Yankee Girl ClaimsCopperPast ProducerVein
County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Walker River Precast PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wellington PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lyon County

Storms near this place

2 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Smith in 2 storm reports between 2023 and 2024: 2 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2024Heavy RainSmith-NV Energy site at Pine Grove Mountain located 11.0 mi SE of Smith Valley, NV, and mesonet station (YRNGT) located in Yerington, NV, reported 24 hour storm total rainfall amounts of 1.06 inches, and 0.63 inches respectively.
March 2023Heavy RainSmith-A CO-OP observer (YRGN2) located 0.8 mi NE of Yerington, NV, and mesonet station (NSMV) located 2.4 mi S of Smith Valley, NV, reported 24-hour rainfall totals of 1.50 inches and 1.44 inches respectively.

Every storm 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
Walker River (historical)2.2 miles23
Wellington4.0 miles23
Hudson (historical)4.0 miles23
Hoye (historical)4.0 miles23
Simpson6.1 miles23
Tippecanoe (historical)7.7 miles22
Wellington Springs7.9 miles22
Nordyke9.7 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 SmithAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3452109The 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 845667. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.