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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.

Sun Valley within Washoe County

Population over time

2 figures

Sun 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.

YearPeople Change
201019,299
202021,178+1,879 (+10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 29 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

155 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined60
Firearms and explosives use20
Equipment and vehicle use15
Natural15
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Arson/incendiarism9
Debris and open burning6
Fireworks5
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Other causes3

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresCarson City District OfficeRIO ALAYNE
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
27 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.2 acresCarson City District OfficeMARTINI
27 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeMIDDLE FORK
23 September 2018Misuse of fire by a minor2.6 acresCarson City District OfficeROCKY RIDGE
23 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.5 acresCarson City District OfficeHUNGRY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washoe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) United States Platinum RefineryREE, Uranium, Silver, Platinum, GoldPlant
Arkell MineSilver, Gold, Antimony, Lead, ZincPast ProducerAnglesite, Argentite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Black Panther AreaTitanium, MetalOccurrenceVein
Black Panther Mine AreaTitaniumOccurrence
Desert King MineGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, AntimonyPast ProducerAnglesite, Argentite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Reno MayGold, Silver, Lead, ZincOccurrenceGalena, Pyrite
Unnamed DepositGraniteOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Wedekind MineGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, AntimonyPast ProducerAnglesite, Argentite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Wedekind MineSilver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer

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
Panther Valley2.3 miles29
North Valley3.0 miles29
Golden Valley3.0 miles29
Raleigh Heights3.5 miles29
Wedekind4.3 miles28
Grand View Terrace4.3 miles29
Black Springs4.4 miles29
Sparks4.4 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 Sun ValleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q513757The 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.