Editing Reno, Nevada (section)

===Environmental considerations===
[[File:Steamboat Springs Nevada.jpg|thumb|Reno Nevada and the [[Truckee Meadows]] south west of the Reno Tahoe International Airport has a large herd of [[mustang]] horses. These horses nurse and range around the runoff of Steamboat Creek. The mustang is a notable iconic image of the Nevada range land, which includes Reno.]]

The Reno area is often subject to [[wildfire]]s that cause property damage and sometimes loss of life. Roughly 80% of homes in the area have a risk of being impacted by wildfire.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Heyl |first=Katelyn |last2=Snow |first2=Henry |date=2024-05-09 |title=Reno in Flames |url=https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9ed0e75f78cd447a97912a42a0dcc141 |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=ArcGIS StoryMaps |language=en}}</ref> In August 1960, the Donner Ridge fire resulted in a loss of electricity to the city for four days.<ref>{{cite book| title=Weather and Climate of the Reno-Carson City-Lake Tahoe Region: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special Publication 34| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-BWgg69xcGsC&pg=PA53| year=2007| publisher=NV Bureau of Mines & Geology| isbn=978-1-888035-11-7|page=53|access-date=2013-01-16}}</ref> In November 2011, arcing from powerlines caused a fire in Caughlin in southwest Reno that destroyed 26 homes and killed one man. Just two months later, <!-- in January 2012, --> a fire in Washoe Drive sparked by fireplace ashes destroyed 29 homes and killed one woman. Around 10,000 residents were evacuated, and a state of emergency was declared. The fires came at the end of Reno's longest recorded dry spell.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/weather/wildfires/story/2012-01-20/reno-nevada-fire/52688260/1| title='Remorseful' man admits he caused Reno blaze| last=Magerum| first=Liz| agency=Associated Press| date=January 20, 2012| work=USA Today| access-date=February 2, 2012}}</ref> In September 2024, the Davis Fire burned heavily forested regions in Southwest Reno. Fourteen structures burned in the area, and twenty thousand people were evacuated.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Haas |first=Greg |date=2024-09-09 |title=UPDATE: Davis Fire prompts 20K evacuations, cancels classes in Reno area |url=https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/davis-fire-prompts-20k-evacuations-cancels-classes-in-reno-area/amp/ |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=KLAS |language=en-US}}</ref>
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