# Snell Valley

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{{Short description|Landform in Napa County, California, U.S.}}
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'''Snell Valley''' is a depression landform in [Napa County, California](/source/Napa_County%2C_California).<ref>David L. Durham. 2001</ref> This feature is located approximately five miles north of [Aetna Springs](/source/Aetna_Springs%2C_California). The valley is noted for its diversity of [wildflower](/source/wildflower)s, and within Snell Valley is the [Missimer Wildflower Preserve](/source/Missimer_Wildflower_Preserve). An example of wildflowers in Snell Valley is [Gold Nuggets](/source/Gold_Nuggets), ''[Calochortus luteus](/source/Calochortus_luteus)''.<ref>C. Michael Hogan. 2009</ref>
[[File:Butts Creek, Snell Valley.jpg|thumb|[Butts Creek](/source/Butts_Creek) flows through the center of Snell Valley; As seen in July 2016]]

== History ==
Snell Valley was part of [Rancho Guenoc](/source/Rancho_Guenoc) when it was deeded as part of a [Mexican land grant](/source/Ranchos_of_California) in 1845. It is assumed that the valley is named after George and Hiram Snell, two brothers from Germany, who were documented as residents of the Guenoc Rancho in 1857.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wordpress.napahistory.org/wordpress/you-cant-get-there-from-here/|title=You Can’t Get There from Here… |work= Napa County Historical Society|language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-07}}</ref>{{dead-link|date=July 2025}}

In August 2020, Snell Valley was evacuated due to the [Hennessey Fire](/source/LNU_Lightning_Complex_fires), which burned of over {{Convert|315,000|acre|ha|0|abbr=on}} in five counties, including in Snell Valley.<ref name="CALFIRE">{{cite web|title=Hennessey Fire Information|url=https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2020/8/17/hennessey-fire/ |website=CAL FIRE |accessdate=17 August 2020}}</ref>

==See also==

*[Snell Creek](/source/Snell_Creek)

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==References==
* David L. Durham. 2001. ''Durham's place names of California's old wine country'', page 65
* C. Michael Hogan. 2009. [https://web.archive.org/web/20111004094242/http://www.globaltwitcher.com/artspec_information.asp?thingid=97686 ''Yellow Mariposa Lily: Calochortus luteus'', GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg]

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Category:Valleys of California
Category:Valleys of Napa County, California

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