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Blue Diamond
NevadaCDP
Blue Diamond
Total population
351
Median home value
$665,500
Bachelor's+
Median income
$94,821
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Blue Diamond is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, United States. The population was 268 at the 2020 census.
Read more on WikipediaHistory & geography
History
Blue Diamond is the site of Cottonwood Spring (formerly known as Ojo de Cayetana, or Pearl Spring), a watering place and campsite on the Old Spanish Trail and the later Mormon Road between Mountain Springs and Las Vegas Springs. The springs are located on a mountainside south of the town at at an elevation of 3409 feet. The nearby gypsum mine was purchased in 1923 by the Blue Diamond Corporation of California. The company opened a wallboard manufacturing plant at the site in 1941, and then began building a company town in 1942. The village of Cottonwood became known as Blue Diamondville that year, when a post office opened under that name. The name was changed to Blue Diamond later in the year, although some authorities continued to refer to it as Blue Diamondville until at least 1950.
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Demographics & economy
Race & ethnicity
Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Current forecast
Forecast for Blue Diamond, NV from NOAA NWS API.
Air quality
Industrial & pollution facilities
Natural hazard risk
Health (adults)
Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus (P.L.Statius Müller, 1776) · Aves4,009
- Rock PigeonColumba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves3,652
- VerdinAuriparus flaviceps (Sundevall, 1850) · Aves3,641
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves3,566
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves3,462
- Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna (R.Lesson, 1829) · Aves3,443
- Woodhouse's Scrub-JayAphelocoma woodhouseii (S.F.Baird, 1858) · Aves2,883
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves2,721
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Schools
Largest nearby schools
- Sierra Vista HSHigh · Las Vegas · 2,998 students · 25:1 ratio
- Durango HSHigh · Las Vegas · 2,330 students · 25.3:1 ratio
- Doral Academy Red RockOther · Las Vegas · 2,314 students · 28.9:1 ratio
- Amplus DurangoOther · Las Vegas · 1,662 students · 38.7:1 ratio
- Southwest Career & Technical Academy HSHigh · Las Vegas · 1,591 students · 22.4:1 ratio
- West Career & Technical Academy HSHigh · Las Vegas · 1,506 students · 25.1:1 ratio
- Legacy Traditional School Southwest Las VegasElementary · Las Vegas · 1,499 students · 42.8:1 ratio
- Gunderson Barry and June MSMiddle · Las Vegas · 1,336 students · 24.7:1 ratio
Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 2.72 — 2026-08-2017 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada
- M 3 — 2026-08-0935 km WNW of Indian Springs, Nevada
- M 2.99 — 2026-07-1217 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada
- M 3.17 — 2026-06-2518 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada
- M 2.6 — 2026-06-2518 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada
- M 3.75 — 2026-06-0411 km NW of Summerlin South, Nevada
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in Nevada
- Summerlin South7.4 mi away · pop. 31,354
- Spring Valley9.2 mi away · pop. 221,300
- Enterprise10.6 mi away · pop. 250,461
- Goodsprings14.4 mi away · pop. 311
- Las Vegas15.7 mi away · pop. 678,924
- Paradise15.8 mi away · pop. 183,959
- Winchester16.8 mi away · pop. 37,081
- Sandy Valley18.3 mi away · pop. 1,742
- Mount Charleston19 mi away · pop. 465
- Whitney21.4 mi away · pop. 47,221
- Henderson21.7 mi away · pop. 350,020
- Sunrise Manor22.5 mi away · pop. 199,977
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Blue Diamond
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
- Wildfire Campwood, Yavapai, ArizonaWildfires · 2026-08-23 · 163 mi
- Prescribed Fire CRAWFORD CORRAL RX, Tulare, CaliforniaWildfires · 2026-09-19 · 202 mi
- Wildfire RIDGE, Los Angeles, CaliforniaWildfires · 2026-08-07 · 211 mi
- Wildfire BUZZARD, Kern, CaliforniaWildfires · 2026-08-05 · 213 mi
- Wildfire Ward, White Pine, NevadaWildfires · 2026-07-31 · 214 mi
Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Nearest stream gauge
Live readings from USGS NWIS · measured 2026-10-01 17:35 UTC.
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • NOAA National Weather Service
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • USGS NWIS (water data)
- • NCES via Urban Institute Education Data Portal
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • CDC PLACES
- • Open-Elevation
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • NASA EONET