--- title: Tree Service in Silver Springs, NV | Battle Born Tree url: https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/silver-springs/ business: Battle Born Tree Service address: 6301 US Highway 50 East, Carson City, NV 89701 phone: 775.232.8243 hours: Office Monday-Friday 8:30 am-5:00 pm; phones answered seven days a week; 24-hour emergency service credentials: ISA Certified Arborist WE-11728A on staff; Nevada Business License # 20131580674; fully insured type: Tree service (removal, crane work, pruning, stump grinding, defensible space, snow removal, firewood) --- - [Home](https://battleborntreeservice.com/) - [Service areas](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/) - [Dayton, the Comstock and Lyon County](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/dayton-comstock-lyon/) - Silver Springs # Tree service in Silver Springs, NV Battle Born Tree Service covers tree service in Silver Springs, NV from Carson City, about 31 miles and about 41 minutes without traffic by US 50. We remove and prune trees, grind stumps and clear brush, with our own crane, boom truck and masticator. ## Silver Springs at a glance - **Drive from our yard:** about 41 min 31.1 miles - **Elevation:** 4,196 ft USGS - **USDA hardiness zone:** 7a 2023 map - **Homes built before 1980:** 32% median year built 1993 - **Wildfire risk to homes:** higher than 87.2% of US communities USDA Forest Service - **Owner-occupied homes:** 85% ACS 2020-2024 Sources: drive time from our yard at 6301 US Highway 50 East, free-flow, OSRM / Census Geocoder; elevation, USGS 3DEP; hardiness zone, USDA 2023 map; housing figures, U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimates; wildfire risk, USDA Forest Service Wildfire Risk to Communities (April 2026 data). Retrieved October 1, 2026. Silver Springs spreads out from the junction of US 50 and US 95A, at about 4,200 feet near Lahontan Reservoir. Homes are scattered across a very large area, and about two out of three buildings sit right next to vegetation that can burn. ## A town spread over 70 square miles The Census Bureau counts about 5,100 residents and about 2,650 housing units in Silver Springs, on roughly 72 square miles of land. About 56% of homes are manufactured homes and about 40% are single-family houses, and about 85% are owner-occupied (ACS 2020-2024). The median home was built in 1993, and close to a third, about 32%, date from before 1980. So there are two generations of trees: full-size trees around the 1960s and 1970s homes, and 30-year-old trees around the rest. For the big ones close to a house we can bring the crane. See [crane-assisted tree removal in Silver Springs](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/silver-springs/crane-tree-removal/) and [tree removal in Silver Springs](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/silver-springs/tree-removal/). ## Why do two thirds of buildings count as directly exposed? In the Forest Service's Wildfire Risk to Communities data, about 67% of Silver Springs buildings fall in the direct exposure zone. That is one of the higher shares among the towns we serve, and it reflects how the town is built: homes on large parcels with native brush running up to the yard, not blocks of houses shielding one another. Another 19% are in the indirect zone and about 14% are rated minimal. The overall risk-to-homes rating is higher than 87% of US communities and 41% of Nevada communities, lower than Dayton or Virginia City because fire is rated less likely here. Six fires of 300 acres or more have a mapped center within about 10 miles since 1980, among them Ramsey in 2000 (7,621 acres), Virginia in 2006 (4,602 acres), Micro in 2017 (1,549 acres) and Piper in 2018 (314 acres). For a directly exposed home, the job is the ground itself: brush cut back in the 30 to 100 foot zone, ladder fuels removed, and nothing that burns in the first 5 feet. See [defensible space in Silver Springs](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/silver-springs/defensible-space/). ## Low, dry ground The center of Silver Springs is at about 4,196 feet, close to 500 feet below central Carson City, in USDA hardiness zone 7a. No NOAA normals station sits within 8 miles of the town center, so we do not publish a rainfall number for it. What can be said plainly is that this is irrigated-tree country: shade trees here depend on the owner's water, and a tree that loses it declines from the top down. ## Wood heat About 15% of Silver Springs households heat mainly with wood and about 32% with bottled gas (ACS 2020-2024). Lyon County as a whole is at 4.4% for wood. We sell [firewood and wood chips](https://battleborntreeservice.com/tree-services/firewood-wood-chips/); call the office for availability and pricing. ## What we do in Silver Springs - Tree removal, large tree removal and crane-assisted removal - [Trimming, pruning](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/silver-springs/tree-trimming/) and dead wooding - [Stump grinding](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/silver-springs/stump-grinding/) - [Lot clearing, brush mowing](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/silver-springs/lot-clearing-brush-mowing/) and masticating - [Emergency tree service](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/silver-springs/emergency-tree-service/) and storm clean-up - [Arborist consultation](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/silver-springs/arborist/) ### Sources - [U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates, Silver Springs CDP and Lyon County, Nevada](https://data.census.gov/) (retrieved October 1, 2026) - [USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities: Silver Springs, NV](https://wildfirerisk.org/) (April 2026 data) - [National Interagency Fire Center, fire perimeter history (fires of 300 acres or more since 1980)](https://data-nifc.opendata.arcgis.com/) (retrieved October 1, 2026) - [USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, 2023](https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/) (retrieved October 1, 2026) - [University of Nevada, Reno Extension: Living With Fire defensible space guide (SP-23-07)](https://extension.unr.edu/publication.aspx?PubID=5522) (read October 1, 2026) ### Fire district Fire district: [Central Lyon County Fire Protection District](https://battleborntreeservice.com/fire-districts/central-lyon-county-fpd/) ### Services in Silver Springs - [Tree removal](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/silver-springs/tree-removal/) - [Tree trimming and pruning](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/silver-springs/tree-trimming/) - [Stump grinding](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/silver-springs/stump-grinding/) - [Emergency tree service](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/silver-springs/emergency-tree-service/) - [Defensible space and fire mitigation](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/silver-springs/defensible-space/) - [Lot clearing and brush mowing](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/silver-springs/lot-clearing-brush-mowing/) - [Crane-assisted tree removal](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/silver-springs/crane-tree-removal/) - [Certified arborist](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/silver-springs/arborist/) - [Firewood](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/silver-springs/firewood/) ### Full data sheet - [Silver Springs tree and wildfire data sheet](https://battleborntreeservice.com/data/silver-springs/) ### Talk to the office [775.232.8243](tel:775.232.8243) | Monday to Friday | 8:30 am - 5:00 pm | |---|---| | Saturday and Sunday | Office closed, phones answered | Phones answered seven days a week. 24-hour emergency service. [Free estimate](#quote) ### Related - [Dayton, the Comstock and Lyon County](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/dayton-comstock-lyon/) - [Stagecoach](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/stagecoach/) - [Fernley](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/fernley/) - [Ladder fuels and limbing up](https://battleborntreeservice.com/guides/ladder-fuels-limbing-up/) - [Wildfire risk to homes by community in Northern Nevada](https://battleborntreeservice.com/data/wildfire-risk-by-community/) - [Our equipment](https://battleborntreeservice.com/equipment/) ## Other places in the Dayton, the Comstock and Lyon County [Dayton Lyon County · about 12 min from our yard · 4,384 ft](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/dayton/)[Virginia City Storey County · about 16 min from our yard · 6,198 ft](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/virginia-city/)[Stagecoach Lyon County · about 34 min from our yard · 4,345 ft](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/stagecoach/)[Fernley Lyon County · about 60 min from our yard · 4,154 ft](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/fernley/)[Wadsworth Washoe County · about 65 min from our yard · 4,073 ft](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/wadsworth/)[Yerington Lyon County · about 78 min from our yard · 4,388 ft](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/yerington/)[Smith Valley Lyon County · about 80 min from our yard · 4,781 ft](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/smith-valley/) ## Tree service questions in Silver Springs Still have a question? Call [775.232.8243](tel:775.232.8243). Phones are answered seven days a week. ### How far is Silver Springs from your yard? About 31 miles east on US 50, about 41 minutes without traffic, measured to the center of Silver Springs. Homes toward the reservoir or north on US 95A are farther. ### Do you clear large parcels in Silver Springs? Yes. We own a brush mower, a masticating head, a Bobcat T870 track loader, a backhoe and dump trucks, and we clear lots for fire safety and ahead of building. ### Will you bring a crane to Silver Springs? Yes, when the tree calls for it. A certified arborist assesses the tree and the access first, then decides whether a crane, the 75-foot boom truck or climbing is the right method. ### What should I do about a storm-damaged tree in Silver Springs? Call 911 if anyone is injured. Stay away from any tree touching a power line and call NV Energy. After that, call [775.232.8243](tel:775.232.8243) at any hour. ### Is defensible space required in Silver Springs? We do not know of a single distance written into Nevada law. The zones we work to come from UNR Extension's Living With Fire guide, and your local fire district can tell you what applies to your parcel.