Spring Valley

History

In 1965, the Stardust International Raceway was built by the Stardust Resort and Casino. In 1969, the Stardust was sold to the Parvin-Dohrmann Corporation, which had little interest in the raceway and then leased it until 1970, when Pardee Homes purchased the land. They began developing a master-planned housing community called Spring Valley. The community was named by Doug Pardee and sales manager Jack Whiteman, in reference to its views of the Spring Mountains and its location in the Las Vegas Valley. In 1981, residents grouped together to solicit the Clark County Commission to create an unincorporated town, which it did that May. The residents wanted to create the town due to hypothetical annexations into other communities in the Las Vegas Valley, and because they claimed they did not pay their taxes fairly for county services. The town originally encompassed , but now occupies much of the southwest quarter of the Las Vegas Valley, totaling .

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the census-designated place (CDP) of Spring Valley (which may not exactly coincide with the town boundaries) has a total area of , all of it land. The predominant boundaries of Spring Valley are Sahara Avenue on the north, Decatur Boulevard on the east, Warm Springs Road on the south, and Hualapai Way on the west. The area mostly consists of housing subdivisions, with strip malls lining the large boulevards that connect suburban Las Vegas to the Strip. The northern part of Spring Valley includes areas of rural-estate zoning, with large parcels of land on blocks of . The southern part of Spring Valley is quickly developing – fifteen years ago, very little south of W Hacienda Ave was developed within Spring Valley. A large park, Desert Breeze Park, is located in the north-central part of the town. Next to the park is Roger M. Bryan Elementary School.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Rock Pigeon

  Columba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
  12,282
• Great-tailed Grackle

  Quiscalus mexicanus (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
  10,676
• Northern Mockingbird

  Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  10,394
• House Finch

  Haemorhous mexicanus (P.L.Statius Müller, 1776) · Aves
  10,133
• Verdin

  Auriparus flaviceps (Sundevall, 1850) · Aves
  9,705
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  8,664
• Anna's Hummingbird

  Calypte anna (R.Lesson, 1829) · Aves
  7,992
• White-crowned Sparrow

  Zonotrichia leucophrys (J.R.Forster, 1772) · Aves
  5,451

Largest nearby schools

• Adult Education Programs
  High · Las Vegas · 4,559 students · 227.9:1 ratio
• Liberty HS
  High · Henderson · 3,240 students · 24.2:1 ratio
• Palo Verde HS
  High · Las Vegas · 3,186 students · 26.6:1 ratio
• NV Learning Academy J-SHS
  High · Las Vegas · 3,137 students · 21.5:1 ratio
• Desert Oasis HS
  High · Las Vegas · 3,131 students · 25.9:1 ratio
• Clark Ed W HS
  High · Las Vegas · 3,094 students · 21.8:1 ratio
• Sierra Vista HS
  High · Las Vegas · 2,998 students · 25:1 ratio
• Western HS
  High · Las Vegas · 2,949 students · 26.6:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.72 — 2026-08-20
  17 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada
• M 3 — 2026-08-09
  35 km WNW of Indian Springs, Nevada
• M 2.99 — 2026-07-12
  17 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada
• M 3.17 — 2026-06-25
  18 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada
• M 2.6 — 2026-06-25
  18 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada
• M 3.75 — 2026-06-04
  11 km NW of Summerlin South, Nevada