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The urbanized/suburbanized area of northwestern Nevada

Topics on this page:

Introduction
Construction of the map
Reasons for the shape of the map

The urbanized/suburbanized area is basically all the land in a number of nearly contiguous valleys near the western edge of  northwestern Nevada, bounded by desert mountains owned by the Federal Government or as part of Indian Reservations (in other words, this area cannot expand). This area is drained by the Truckee River, the Carson River, and their tributaries. It is an average of 8 to 10 miles wide and 50 to 60 miles long, with an estimated area of 450 square miles.

The map below was constructed using the valley floors, public land and unbuildable geographic features as constraints -- in other words, including all the contiguous land available for building.


Map of urbanized/suburbanized area superimposed on
BLM map of Nevada land ownership

With the settling of Nevada, the Federal Government, desirous of maintaining the state for all to enjoy, claimed about 79 percent of the land area of the state as Federal land.

For a partial explanation of the history of the Federal Government's taking over of this land, please refer to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) website.

There are several agencies which administer this land. These include:

  Bureau of Land Management