Valley View, Nevada
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Tonopah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89049. It lies near Gold Hill. The Survey maps it on the Tonopah quadrangle.
On record in Valley View
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 12 of 45 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Nye County Courthouselisted 1982 · 0.2 miles away
E. R. Shields Houselisted 1982 · 0.3 miles away
Tonapah Volunteer Firehouse and Gymnasiumlisted 1982 · 0.3 miles away
Wieland Brewery Buildinglisted 1982 · 0.3 miles away
Combellack Adobe Row Houselisted 1982 · 0.3 miles away
US Post Office-Tonopah Mainlisted 1990 · 0.3 miles away
Frank Golden Blocklisted 1982 · 0.3 miles away
State Bank and Trust Companylisted 1982 · 0.3 miles away
Mizpah Hotellisted 1978 · 0.4 miles away
Jim Butler Mining Company Stone Row Houseslisted 1982 · 0.4 miles away
Stone Jail Building and Row Houselisted 1982 · 0.4 miles away
Brokers Exchangelisted 1982 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1907 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000
- 1908 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Valley View in 2007, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | TONOPAH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 100 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 100 workings within 5 miles of Valley View: 49 past producers, 29 occurrences, 13 unknowns, 6 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Uranium, Silver, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amalgamated Placers | Tin, Gold, Tungsten | Unknown | ||
| B.C.H. Minerals Co. Property | Gold, Silver, Platinum | Occurrence | Gold | |
| Brougher Divide Mine | Mercury, Gold, Copper, Silver, Molybdenum | Past Producer | ||
| Connolly | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Desert Queen Shaft | Tungsten, Silver, Lead, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Divide Extension Shaft & Lode | Silver, Molybdenum, Mercury, Manganese, Gold, Barium-Barite | Unknown | ||
| Garibaldi Claims | Uranium, Molybdenum | Occurrence | Unknown | |
| Jewess | Silver, Zinc, Molybdenum, Lead, Gold, Arsenic, Barium-Barite | Unknown | ||
| Lambertucci Property | Uranium, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Molybdenum, Clay | Occurrence | Kaolinite | |
| Lower Dry Cottonwood | Silver, Lead, Copper, Gemstone, Sapphire, Gold | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tonopah | 0.3 miles | 18 | |
| Tonogold (historical) | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Frazier Wells (historical) | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Maggie Blues (historical) | 14.6 miles | 15 | |
| Hannapah (historical) | 16.8 miles | 9 | |
| Liberty (historical) | 16.8 miles | 15 | |
| Volcano (historical) | 17.1 miles | 9 | |
| Potomic (historical) | 18.2 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856162. 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.







