Sun Valley, Nevada
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Sun Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89433. It lies in Sun Valley. The Survey maps it on the Reno quadrangle. 21,178 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,718 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSun Valley grew from 19,299 to 21,178 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 | 19,299 | |
| 2020 | 21,178 | +1,879 (+10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 29 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
- 1950 USGS Reno quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Reno quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Reno quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1974 USGS Reno quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Reno quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
155 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Sun Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19,144 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 9 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 | 60 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
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 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Carson City District Office | RIO ALAYNE |
| 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 |
| 27 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.2 acres | Carson City District Office | MARTINI |
| 27 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carson City District Office | MIDDLE FORK |
| 23 September 2018 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.6 acres | Carson City District Office | ROCKY RIDGE |
| 23 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.5 acres | Carson City District Office | HUNGRY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Sun Valley: 9 occurrences, 9 past producers, 9 prospects, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) United States Platinum Refinery | REE, Uranium, Silver, Platinum, Gold | Plant | ||
| Arkell Mine | Silver, Gold, Antimony, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Anglesite, Argentite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Black Panther Area | Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Black Panther Mine Area | Titanium | Occurrence | ||
| Desert King Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Antimony | Past Producer | Anglesite, Argentite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Reno May | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Galena, Pyrite | |
| Unnamed Deposit | Granite | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Wedekind Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Antimony | Past Producer | Anglesite, Argentite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Wedekind Mine | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Copper | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panther Valley | 2.3 miles | 29 | |
| North Valley | 3.0 miles | 29 | |
| Golden Valley | 3.0 miles | 29 | |
| Raleigh Heights | 3.5 miles | 29 | |
| Wedekind | 4.3 miles | 28 | |
| Grand View Terrace | 4.3 miles | 29 | |
| Black Springs | 4.4 miles | 29 | |
| Sparks | 4.4 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 Sun Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q513757 | 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 848697. 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.









