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Walleys Hot Springs, Nevada

32 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 stands on Brockliss Slough. The Survey maps it on the Minden quadrangle.

Walleys Hot Springs within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 32 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

86 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Walleys Hot Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 310 acres in total. 34 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
Natural34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Recreation and ceremony15
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1
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
8 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitSKYLINE
28 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitHARRAH'S
25 September 1994Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestUSFS 094
24 September 1994Naturalunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management Unitnot named
20 September 2006Other causes1.0 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestGENOA 2
20 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestKINGSBURY
16 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitKIMBERLY
1 September 1997Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitKINGSBURY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas 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 Walleys Hot Springs: 6 occurrences, 5 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Sulfur, 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
Genoa ClaimsGold, Copper, SilverUnknown
Granite GroupUranium, CopperOccurrenceChrysocolla
Hunch and Lucky Strike ClaimsUranium, ThoriumOccurrenceAllanite
Kingbury Queen ProspectQuartz, UraniumProspect
Section 21 ProspectCopperOccurrenceVein
Valleys Hot SpringGeothermalProducer
Section 10 Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction, SulfurOccurrence
Section 15 Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction, SulfurOccurrence
Granite Group Nos 1-5UraniumProspect
Hunch and Lucky Strike ClaimsUraniumProspect

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
Genoa1.7 miles28
Summit Village2.9 miles34
Kingsbury Village3.1 miles34
Mottsville3.6 miles32
Kingsbury3.9 miles34
Minden4.1 miles32
Kingsbury Meadows4.5 miles34
Bridge House5.1 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 861877. 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.