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Vista, Nevada

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Sparks census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89434. It stands on Steamboat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Vista quadrangle.

Vista within Washoe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

101 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Vista between 1992 and 2020, burning about 70,431 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined37
Equipment and vehicle use13
Natural12
Debris and open burning7
Firearms and explosives use7
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking4
Fireworks4
Recreation and ceremony3
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 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresCarson City District OfficeRIO ALAYNE
6 September 2011Fireworks157 acresCarson City District OfficeHOMERUN
3 September 1997Natural379 acresCarson City District OfficeMUSTANG 2
27 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.2 acresCarson City District OfficeMARTINI
26 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresCarson City District OfficePARK
24 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCarson City District OfficeMUSTANG 3
23 September 2018Misuse of fire by a minor2.6 acresCarson City District OfficeROCKY RIDGE
20 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCarson City District OfficeHIGHWAY QUEEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washoe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Vista: 8 past producers, 4 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 plant. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Uranium, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Desert King MineGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, AntimonyPast ProducerAnglesite, Argentite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Neuebaumer and Kelley ClaimsUraniumOccurrence
Revelation Grog PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Short Ranch PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Truckee Canyon DepositPerliteOccurrence
Unnamed Pumicious RhyolitePumiceOccurrence
Wedekind MineGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, AntimonyPast ProducerAnglesite, Argentite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Wedekind MineSilver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washoe County

Storms near this place

7 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vista in 7 storm reports between 2014 and 2024: 3 flash flood, 2 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 debris flow. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2015Flash FloodVista$500,000Slow-moving thunderstorms with torrential rainfall in the higher terrain overwhelmed city drainage systems, causing flash flooding in East Sparks. Some areas were under several feet of water, with standing water and debris making travel difficult along Sparks and Vista Blvds. According to Sparks Police at least a dozen cars were stuck in the flooding. Water damage to Whitehead and Moss Elementary Schools was estimated at between 400K and 450K.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindVista$2,000Multiple reports of large tree limbs downed along Sparks Blvd. and at the Sparks Marina.
July 2024Flash FloodVista-County official reported 4.0 mi WSW of Lockwood, NV, road closures between Hidden Highlands Drive and Sleepy Hollow Drive due to flash flooding in the area of Hidden Valley. About 100 homes were affected by the flooding.
July 2019Heavy RainVista-US Forest Service employee reported minor street flooding on the corner of Glendale Avenue and Meredith Way in Sparks due to heavy rain from a thunderstorm.
July 2018Debris FlowVista-Sparks Police Department reported a debris flow/mudslide near the Vista Blvd-Loop Rd. intersection in Sparks. All traffic was stopped near the intersection. The debris flow was triggered by heavy rainfall due to slow-moving thunderstorms. Mesonet CW3920 Sparks (elevation 4596 feet) reported 0.65 inches of rain from 21 July 1403PST to 1518PST. No damage/cleanup estimates were available.
July 2018Flash FloodVista-Sparks Police Department reported heavy flooding near the industrial area of Sparks due to heavy rainfall from thunderstorms. Sparks University of Nevada Reno Agricultural Experimental Farm Mesonet (elevation 4390 feet) reported 0.44 inches of rain from 21 July 1420PST to 1450PST. No damage/cleanup estimates were available.
May 2018Heavy RainVista-Public reported 0.50 inches of rainfall near the intersection of Prater and Sparks Blvd from 19 May 1605PST to 1705PST.

Every storm 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
Glendale2.1 miles28
Hidden Valley2.5 miles32
Wedekind2.7 miles28
Sparks2.8 miles29
Hafed3.8 miles28
Mustang3.8 miles28
North Valley5.5 miles29
Reno6.0 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856165. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.