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Valley View, Nevada

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Genoa-Jacks Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89460. It lies near Fay Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Woodfords quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Valley View within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 28 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

77 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Valley View (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 768 acres in total. 42 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
Natural42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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
4 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitFREEL
25 September 1998Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeBIA9
14 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestWADE
13 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestPIT
12 September 2017Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestSISTER
11 September 2011Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestLUTHER
9 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestDAY
8 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest88

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Valley View (historical): 4 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Gold, Lead. 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
Environmental Community BLM PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Redelius ProspectTitanium, MetalOccurrenceRutile
Sunrise Copper ProspectLead, Copper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Alpine FairviewCopper, GoldPast ProducerVein
Alpine Fairview MineCopper, GoldOccurrence
East Section 11 ProspectCopperOccurrence
Alpine County Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Bing Materials Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Burns Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dresslerville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Sheridan2.6 miles32
Centerville3.4 miles32
Gardnerville Ranchos3.6 miles29
Mottsville4.8 miles32
Dresslerville5.1 miles29
Twelvemile House5.8 miles29
Gardnerville6.0 miles29
Minden6.5 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 857338. 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.