Sparks, Nevada Sparks, Nevada Nickname(s): The Rail City, City Of Promise Named for John Sparks Major State Routes Nevada 445.svg Nevada 647.svg Nevada 659.svg Sparks is a town/city in Washoe County, Nevada, United States.
Enumeration Bureau populace count was 90,264. It is the fifth most crowded city in Nevada.
Sparks is positioned inside the Reno Sparks urbane area.
In the early historical period, the region that is now Sparks was inhabited by the Washoe citizens .
Euro-American settlement of the region began in the early 1850s, and the populace density in the region remained very low until 1904 when the Southern Pacific Railroad assembled a switch yard and maintenance sheds there.
The town/city was quickly retitled Sparks after John Sparks, the Governor of Nevada at that time. View of Sparks from an aircraft departing from close-by Reno Tahoe International Airport Sparks remained a small town until the 1950s, when economic expansion in Reno triggered a housing boom north of the barns in the region of Sparks.
In 1984, the fortress for the Nugget Casino Resort was finished, giving Sparks its first, and presently only, high-rise casino. In 1996, the redevelopment accomplishment of the B Street company precinct across from the Nugget that started in the early 1980s took a step forward with the opening of a multi-screen movie complex and the assembly of a plaza area.
Environmental Protection Agency, a elected dynamic water character computer model, the DSSAM Model, was advanced (Earth Metrics, 1987) to analyze impacts of a range of territory use and stormwater management decisions throughout the 3,120-square-mile (8,100 km2) Truckee River basin; this model was used to precarious a set of surface runoff stormwater management measures for Sparks in the 1980s. Enumeration Bureau, Sparks has a total region of 35.9 square miles (93.0 km2), of which 35.8 square miles (92.6 km2) is territory and 0.15 square miles (0.4 km2), or 0.47%, is water. Stormwater surface runoff from the town/city drains into the Truckee River, a sensitive waterway that empties into Pyramid Lake, which has no supply and is the surrounding of two endangered species.
Sparks has a semi-arid climate.
The average January temperatures are a maximum of 48.3 F (9.1 C) and a minimum of 23.5 F ( 4.7 C).
Average July temperatures are a maximum of 91.7 F (33.2 C) and a minimum of 53.6 F (12.0 C).
There are an average of 52.3 days with highs of 90 F (32 C) and an average of 141.7 days with lows of 32 F (0 C).
The record high temperature was 108 F (42 C) on July 11, 2002, and the record low temperature was 19 F ( 28 C) on February 4, 2001.
Average annual rain in Sparks is 7.82 inches (199 mm).
Climate data for Sparks, Nevada In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.8% under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 25.6% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
Nugget Casino Resort in Sparks Sparks Marina Park was established on a naturally occurring aquifer in Sparks.
The Mustang Ranch, described as "Nevada's most continuing brothel", has directed at various locations east of Sparks since 1967. Glendale preceded Reno, and is now part of Sparks.
Sparks is served by the Washoe County School District.
Schools positioned inside the town/city include Edward C.
Reed High School and Sparks High School. Excel Christian School is a K to 12 school positioned in Sparks.
I-80 runs through central Sparks.
The Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County (RTC) operates an extensive town/city bus fitness that services a majority of the metros/cities of Reno and Sparks.
Sparks is served by the close-by Reno Tahoe International Airport.
The Union Pacific Railroad runs east west through the center of Sparks.
The Union Pacific has a momentous rail yard south of I-80, just south and adjoining to the Nugget Hotel/Casino towers in downtown Sparks, and is a central part of the area's industrialized park.
Passenger rail service to the Sparks Amtrak Station ended in 2009.
Interstate 80 runs east west through the center of Sparks.
State Route 445 (Pyramid Way), El Rancho Drive, Sullivan Lane, Rock Boulevard, Sparks Boulevard, Vista Boulevard, and State Route 659 (Mc - Carran Blvd) are the city's primary north south thoroughfares.
Pyramid Way runs from Nugget Avenue in downtown Sparks to Pyramid Lake, about 35 miles north of the city, and has been designated a Nevada Scenic Byway.
The town/city of Sparks will soon be connected directly to south Reno by a massive road assembly universal known as the Southeast Connector.
It is a northerly extension of Veterans Parkway to the Sparks Boulevard at Greg Street.
It will serve as an expressway, with only 2 signaled intersections along its 5.5 mile stretch (one at Pembroke Drive and one at Mira Loma Drive), and constitute a primary arterial connection between Reno and Sparks.
Sparks is also gearing up for the record of decision on a major, $1.1 billion (estimated) arterial road project, one that will turn a large portion of Pyramid Highway through close-by Spanish Springs into a controlled access, high speed arterial road that joins directly with the US 395 freeway via a complex interchange at the current Parr Boulevard connection.
This will directly connect Spanish Springs, a primary population center (parts of which are took in with the town/city of Sparks), positioned in the valley just north of Sparks, with the existing Reno/Sparks freeway fitness which consists presently of Interstate 80 and US 395.
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Reno: University of Nevada Press.
Reno: University of Nevada Press.
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"Monthly Averages for Sparks, NV (89431)".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Sparks city, Nevada".
"Selected Economic Characteristics: 2011 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates (DP03): Sparks city, Nevada".
"Sparks sets lineup for annual cook-off".
"Helms Lake at Sparks Marina Park".
City of Sparks, Nevada.
"Nevada's Most Infamous Brothel, Mustang Ranch, Back In Business".
Sparks Centennial History Book committee, History of Sparks: Centennial Edition (2004).
Municipalities and communities of Washoe County, Nevada, United States
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Cities in Nevada - Populated places established in 1904 - Cities in Washoe County, Nevada - Reno Sparks urbane region - Sparks, Nevada
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