Spanish Springs, Nevada
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Warm Springs-Truckee Canyon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89441. The Survey maps it on the Griffith Canyon quadrangle. 17,314 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,518 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSpanish Springs grew from 15,064 to 17,314 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 | 15,064 | |
| 2020 | 17,314 | +2,250 (+15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 24 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 Reno quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Reno quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1957 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Spanish Springs Valley quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Griffith Canyon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Reno quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
116 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Spanish Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 44,360 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Natural | 29 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 305 acres | Carson City District Office | HUNGRY |
| 6 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District | DUTCH FLAT |
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Carson City District Office | EAGLE CANYON |
| 5 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Carson City District Office | METEOR |
| 3 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Carson City District Office | HUNGRYVAL |
| 27 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carson City District Office | MIDDLE FORK |
| 23 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.5 acres | Carson City District Office | HUNGRY |
| 22 September 2019 | Firearms and explosives use | under an acre | Carson City District Office | BARREL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Spanish Springs: 12 prospects, 8 occurrences, 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Antimony. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Choates Mine | Antimony, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Choates Mine | Antimony, Lead | Past Producer | 1940 | |
| Scarboli Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Copper | Copper, Lead, Silver, Antimony | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Copper King Mine | Copper, Tungsten | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Copper | Copper, Tungsten | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Scheelite | |
| Unnamed Deposit | Granite | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Depositite | Granite | Occurrence | ||
| Arkell Mine | Silver | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Valley | 5.1 miles | 29 | |
| Wedekind | 5.8 miles | 28 | |
| Golden Valley | 6.7 miles | 29 | |
| Panther Valley | 7.1 miles | 29 | |
| Lemmon Valley | 7.3 miles | 28 | |
| North Valley | 8.0 miles | 29 | |
| Raleigh Heights | 8.2 miles | 29 | |
| Sparks | 8.2 miles | 29 |
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 Spanish Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q376269 | 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 1852658. 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.







