Tree service in Fish Springs, NV

Fish Springs is a small Douglas County community of about 530 people and 197 households on roughly 9 square miles. Everything below comes from public sources and should be read as approximate, because a place this small has wide Census margins.

Why does Fish Springs lead with fire numbers?

The USDA Forest Service record for Fish Springs counts 552 buildings. About 92% are in the direct wildfire exposure zone, about 8% in the indirect zone and none in the minimal zone. Risk to homes is rated higher than 98.8% of US communities and higher than about 89% of Nevada communities, and the likelihood of fire reaching the community is higher than about 88% of Nevada's.

Compare Douglas County as a whole, where about 38% of buildings are in the direct zone, and Genoa, about 75%. Fish Springs is at the top of that range, so for most owners the fuel around the house comes before anything else.

Which fires have been mapped nearby?

Nineteen perimeters of 300 acres or more since 1980 have a mapped center within about 10 miles. The closest centers belong to the Conner Fire of 2025 (17,714 acres, about 6 miles), the Preacher Fire of 2017 (5,386 acres, about 6 miles), the Numbers Fire of 2020 (18,380 acres, about 7 miles) and the Ray May Fire of 2011 (3,815 acres, about 7 miles).

The Bison Fire of 2013 is mapped at 24,140 acres with its center about 10 miles away. These are mapped perimeters measured from the town point to each fire's center, not a statement of how close a fire came.

What do the heating numbers mean for the yard?

About 51% of Fish Springs households heat mainly with bottled gas and about 22% with wood (ACS 2020-2024, a small sample, so approximate). In Douglas County's Gardnerville ZIP, 89410, the wood share is about 4%.

A woodpile and a propane tank are two things the Living With Fire guide asks owners to keep out of the first 5 feet around the house. Moving the pile is the owner's job; clearing dead brush and low limbs around its new spot is work we can quote. See defensible space in Fish Springs.

What are the homes and the ground like?

The median home dates from 1991. About 25% of housing predates 1980, about 4% predates 1960 and about 28% went up in 2000 or later. Nearly every home is a detached house and about 98% are owner-occupied. The community sits at about 5,086 feet, in hardiness zone 7a on the 2023 USDA map.

The Minden station, 6.6 miles away and about 380 feet lower, is the nearest normal: 9.34 inches of precipitation and 21.8 inches of snow a year (NOAA 1991-2020). Fish Springs is higher than the station, so it is likely colder than those figures suggest.

Do we work in Fish Springs?

Fish Springs is not among the towns named on our website or Google listing, so we do not claim a regular presence. It is about 27 miles and 41 minutes from the yard without traffic, and we can be called there. Phone 775.232.8243 with the address and we will confirm.

The fire district that covers Fish Springs is, as far as our map shows, East Fork; ask Douglas County or the district to confirm for your parcel. See tree removal and trimming pages for the individual services.