--- title: Tree Service in Smith Valley, NV | Battle Born Tree url: https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/smith-valley/ 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/) - Smith Valley # Tree service in Smith Valley, NV Battle Born Tree Service offers tree service in Smith Valley, NV, about 55 miles and about 80 minutes without traffic from our Carson City yard. On the valley's ranch and acreage properties we remove and prune trees, clear lots, mow brush and provide arborist consultations. ## Smith Valley at a glance - **Drive from our yard:** about 80 min 55.1 miles - **Elevation:** 4,781 ft USGS - **USDA hardiness zone:** 6b 2023 map - **Homes built before 1980:** 27% median year built 2004 - **Wildfire risk to homes:** higher than 97.4% 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. Smith Valley lies along the West Walker River in southern Lyon County and includes the communities of Smith and Wellington. The valley floor is at about 4,780 feet. It shares the coldest hardiness zone in our service area, 6b, and nearly every building in it is rated as directly exposed to wildfire. ## Ranch houses and new homes, side by side The Census Bureau's Smith Valley area covers about 102 square miles and about 1,800 people, in roughly 1,000 housing units. About 92% are single-family houses. The housing comes in two waves: about 17% of homes predate 1960, and about 64% were built in 2000 or later, giving a median year built of 2004 (ACS 2020-2024, a small sample with wide margins). So the trees come in two sizes. Around the old ranch houses and along the ditches stand trees that are generations old. Around the newer homes on acreage, trees are young and often planted as windbreaks. The first group calls for [large tree removal](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/smith-valley/tree-removal/), dead wooding and careful [crown pruning](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/smith-valley/tree-trimming/); the second for early structural pruning so the trees grow up sound. ## How cold does Smith Valley get? The 2023 USDA map puts ZIP 89444 in hardiness zone 6b, where the average extreme winter low is minus 5 to 0 degrees. That is a half zone colder than Yerington, Dayton or Fallon. The Smith 6 N station, about 6 miles from the valley center at 5,000 feet, records a mean annual temperature of 51.1 degrees and 6.24 inches of precipitation a year (NOAA 1991-2020 normals). Cold nights and 6 inches of moisture mean slow growth away from irrigated fields and fast growth beside them. Our pruning rule holds here as elsewhere: dead and hazardous limbs any time, most deciduous trees in late winter, most conifers in early spring and summer. ## Nine in ten buildings are directly exposed to wildfire The Forest Service rates Smith Valley's risk to homes higher than 97% of US communities and 70% of Nevada communities. The striking number is exposure: about 90% of buildings are in the direct exposure zone, one of the highest shares of any community we serve. Only about 2% are rated minimal. Four fires of 300 acres or more have a mapped center within about 10 miles since 1980. The named ones are Tre in 2012 (7,073 acres), Upper Colony in 2018 (1,201 acres) and Burbank in 2011 (1,113 acres). Direct exposure means brush and grass run up to the buildings. Cutting that fuel back with a brush mower or masticator, and limbing up the trees near the house, is the practical response. Read [lot clearing and brush mowing in Smith Valley](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/smith-valley/lot-clearing-brush-mowing/) and [what defensible space means, zone by zone](https://battleborntreeservice.com/guides/what-is-defensible-space/). ## Heating with wood and propane About 13.5% of Smith Valley households heat mainly with wood and about 46% with bottled gas (ACS 2020-2024). Trees taken down on a ranch property are often worth keeping as firewood rounds; tell us at the estimate if you want the wood left on site. ## The trip from Carson City At about 80 minutes each way, Smith Valley is, with Yerington, the longest drive we make short of Hawthorne. We schedule valley jobs as full working days. An [arborist consultation in Smith Valley](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/smith-valley/arborist/) is a good first step on a large property, because it sorts the trees into remove, prune and leave alone before any equipment moves. ### Sources - [U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates, Smith Valley CDP, Nevada](https://data.census.gov/) (retrieved October 1, 2026) - [NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, Smith 6 N station (USC00267612)](https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/land-based-station/us-climate-normals) (retrieved October 1, 2026) - [USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities: Smith Valley, 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) ### Services in Smith Valley - [Tree removal](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/smith-valley/tree-removal/) - [Tree trimming and pruning](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/smith-valley/tree-trimming/) - [Lot clearing and brush mowing](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/smith-valley/lot-clearing-brush-mowing/) - [Certified arborist](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/smith-valley/arborist/) ### 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/) - [Yerington](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/yerington/) - [Topaz Ranch Estates](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/topaz-ranch-estates/) - [Masticating](https://battleborntreeservice.com/tree-services/masticating/) - [Elevation and plant hardiness zones across the service area](https://battleborntreeservice.com/data/elevation-and-hardiness-zones/) - [Who heats with wood in Northern Nevada](https://battleborntreeservice.com/data/wood-heat-households/) ## 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/)[Silver Springs Lyon County · about 41 min from our yard · 4,196 ft](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/silver-springs/)[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/) ## Tree service questions in Smith Valley Still have a question? Call [775.232.8243](tel:775.232.8243). Phones are answered seven days a week. ### Do you serve Wellington and Smith in Smith Valley? Yes. Both communities are in the Smith Valley area we cover. The valley is about 55 miles from our yard, about 80 minutes without traffic. ### Can you clear brush around a house in Smith Valley? Yes. We run a brush mower and a masticating head on a track loader and use hand crews close to buildings, following the Living With Fire zones from UNR Extension. ### Will you leave the firewood from a Smith Valley tree removal? If you want it, yes. Say so when you request the estimate and we will note it. ### Is Smith Valley too far for emergency tree service? Our 24-hour line, [775.232.8243](tel:775.232.8243), is always answered, and we help anyone in need after severe storms. We do not promise a response time at this distance. If anyone is hurt call 911, and if a power line is involved stay away and call the electric utility. ### What hardiness zone is Smith Valley? Zone 6b on the 2023 USDA map, with average extreme winter lows of minus 5 to 0 degrees.