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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 32 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.
- 1889 USGS Markleeville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Markleeville quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Markleeville quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1948 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Freel Peak quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Minden quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1974 USGS Minden quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Smith Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
86 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | SKYLINE |
| 28 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | HARRAH'S |
| 25 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | USFS 094 |
| 24 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | not named |
| 20 September 2006 | Other causes | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | GENOA 2 |
| 20 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | KINGSBURY |
| 16 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | KIMBERLY |
| 1 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | KINGSBURY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genoa Claims | Gold, Copper, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Granite Group | Uranium, Copper | Occurrence | Chrysocolla | |
| Hunch and Lucky Strike Claims | Uranium, Thorium | Occurrence | Allanite | |
| Kingbury Queen Prospect | Quartz, Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Section 21 Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Valleys Hot Spring | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Section 10 Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur | Occurrence | ||
| Section 15 Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur | Occurrence | ||
| Granite Group Nos 1-5 | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Hunch and Lucky Strike Claims | Uranium | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genoa | 1.7 miles | 28 | |
| Summit Village | 2.9 miles | 34 | |
| Kingsbury Village | 3.1 miles | 34 | |
| Mottsville | 3.6 miles | 32 | |
| Kingsbury | 3.9 miles | 34 | |
| Minden | 4.1 miles | 32 | |
| Kingsbury Meadows | 4.5 miles | 34 | |
| Bridge House | 5.1 miles | 28 |
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.










