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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.

Spanish Springs within Washoe County

Population over time

2 figures

Spanish 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.

YearPeople Change
201015,064
202017,314+2,250 (+15%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 24 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

116 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined34
Natural29
Firearms and explosives use27
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony5
Debris and open burning4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism2
Other causes2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined305 acresCarson City District OfficeHUNGRY
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTruckee Meadows Fire Protection DistrictDUTCH FLAT
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCarson City District OfficeEAGLE CANYON
5 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeMETEOR
3 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCarson City District OfficeHUNGRYVAL
27 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeMIDDLE FORK
23 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.5 acresCarson City District OfficeHUNGRY
22 September 2019Firearms and explosives useunder an acreCarson City District OfficeBARREL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washoe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Choates MineAntimony, Gold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Choates MineAntimony, LeadPast Producer1940
Scarboli ProspectManganeseProspect
Unnamed CopperCopper, Lead, Silver, AntimonyOccurrenceVein
Unnamed ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Copper King MineCopper, TungstenProspect
Unnamed CopperCopper, TungstenOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Malachite, Scheelite
Unnamed DepositGraniteOccurrence
Unnamed DeposititeGraniteOccurrence
Arkell MineSilverProspect

Every working recorded in Washoe 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
Sun Valley5.1 miles29
Wedekind5.8 miles28
Golden Valley6.7 miles29
Panther Valley7.1 miles29
Lemmon Valley7.3 miles28
North Valley8.0 miles29
Raleigh Heights8.2 miles29
Sparks8.2 miles29

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 SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q376269The 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.