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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 23 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 Wellington quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1948 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Smith Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Smith quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2011 | Natural | 1,113 acres | Carson City District Office | BURBANK |
| 8 August 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Carson City District Office | COLONY RD |
| 30 August 2005 | Fireworks | under an acre | Carson City District Office | PIT |
| 19 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | HILL |
| 4 July 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Carson City District Office | WILSON CYN |
| 29 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | SUMMER |
| 23 July 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Carson City District Office | KIM |
| 18 July 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | HEY DAY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Hill Mine | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Yankee Girl Claims | Copper | Past Producer | Vein | |
| County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Walker River Precast Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wellington Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2023Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | Heavy Rain | Smith | - | 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 2023 | Heavy Rain | Smith | - | 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walker River (historical) | 2.2 miles | 23 | |
| Wellington | 4.0 miles | 23 | |
| Hudson (historical) | 4.0 miles | 23 | |
| Hoye (historical) | 4.0 miles | 23 | |
| Simpson | 6.1 miles | 23 | |
| Tippecanoe (historical) | 7.7 miles | 22 | |
| Wellington Springs | 7.9 miles | 22 | |
| Nordyke | 9.7 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 Smith | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3452109 | 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 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.








