Zephyr Cove, Nevada
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Zephyr Cove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89448. It stands on McFaul Creek. The Survey maps it on the Glenbrook quadrangle.
On record in Zephyr Cove
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 1 record
Lena N. Gale Cabinlisted 2001
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 30 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.
- 1891 USGS Carson quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Carson quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1893 USGS Carson City quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Glenbrook quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Carson City quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Carson City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Glenbrook quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
226 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 226 fires within 5 miles of Zephyr Cove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 738 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 26 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/undetermined | 68 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 51 |
| Natural | 37 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Smoking | 22 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | HOLLY |
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | KAHLE |
| 8 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Other causes | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | SADDLE |
| 7 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | LIBRARY |
| 6 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | KAHLE 1 |
| 4 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | FERN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Zephyr Cove: 2 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Copper, Quartz. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Group | Uranium, Copper | Occurrence | Chrysocolla | |
| Kingbury Queen Prospect | Quartz, Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Granite Group Nos 1-5 | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Kingsbury Queen | Uranium | Occurrence | Acmite, Torbernite |
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zephyr Cove in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2022: 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2022 | Heavy Rain | Zephyr Cove | - | Mesonet stations SKYN2-Skyland (2.0 mi NNE of Zephyr Cove, NV) and FW9917 (in Glenbrook, NV) reported heavy rainfall amounts of 0.54 and 0.63 inches respectively. |
| September 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Zephyr Cove | - | A citizen reported a confirmed tornado/waterspout that formed two brief spin-ups on Lake Tahoe near Cave Rock, Nevada. The position of the tornado was estimated based on pictures and terrain features. The tornado was determined to be an EF-0 as no damage was reported. This tornado was non-supercellular in nature. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Point | 1.1 miles | 34 | |
| Round Hill | 1.1 miles | 34 | |
| Skyland | 1.5 miles | 30 | |
| Hobart (historical) | 1.6 miles | 34 | |
| Lakeridge | 2.4 miles | 30 | |
| Tahoe Village | 2.4 miles | 34 | |
| Lincoln Park | 2.6 miles | 30 | |
| Kingsbury Meadows | 2.8 miles | 34 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 862128. 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.









