Dyer, Nevada | |
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)  Dyer Location within the state of Nevada | |
| Coordinates: 37°40′03″N 118°03′59″W / 37.66750°N 118.06639°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada |
| County | Esmeralda |
| Area | |
| • Total | 32.6 sq mi (84.4 km2) |
| • Land | 32.5 sq mi (84.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.08 sq mi (0.2 km2) |
| Elevation | 4,880 ft (1,490 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 290 |
| • Density | 8/sq mi (3.1/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code | 89010 |
| FIPS code | 32-20700 |
| GNIS feature ID | 859604 |
Dyer is an unincorporated town, located in Fish Lake Valley, Esmeralda County, Nevada, United States. It had a population of 290 as of the 2018 American Community Survey.[2] The town serves the surrounding area's sparse rural population of mainly ranchers and indigenous Paiute people. The town has a gas station/store, cafe, post office and airport.
Dyer is located on State Route 264, near Nevada's border with California. It is 25 miles (40 km) south of U.S. Route 6 and 15 miles (24 km) north of Oasis, California. The town is part of the Dyer Census Designated Place.
History
A post office called Dyer has been in operation since 1889.[3] The community took its name from nearby Dyer's Ranch.[4]
Climate
The Köppen Climate System classifies the weather in this area as semi-arid, abbreviated BSk. This climate type occurs primarily on the periphery of true deserts in low-latitude semiarid steppe regions.[5]
| Climate data for Dyer, Nevada | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 8 (46) | 11 (52) | 15 (59) | 19 (67) | 24 (76) | 30 (86) | 34 (93) | 33 (91) | 28 (83) | 22 (71) | 14 (57) | 8 (47) | 21 (69) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −9 (16) | −6 (22) | −3 (26) | −1 (31) | 4 (39) | 8 (47) | 12 (53) | 11 (51) | 6 (43) | 0 (32) | −6 (22) | −9 (15) | 1 (33) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 13 (0.5) | 13 (0.5) | 10 (0.4) | 13 (0.5) | 13 (0.5) | 7.6 (0.3) | 10 (0.4) | 10 (0.4) | 10 (0.4) | 10 (0.4) | 10 (0.4) | 7.6 (0.3) | 130 (5) |
| Source: Weatherbase [6] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dyer
- ^ a b "Census - Geography Profile". Retrieved April 12, 2020.
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 31.
- ^ Climate Summary for Dyer, Nevada
- ^ "Weatherbase.com". Weatherbase. 2013. Retrieved on September 8, 2013.