Cactus Flat

Cactus Flat
valley
Cactus Flat is the location of the Tonopah Test Range Airport (left of center).
Country United States
State Nevada
Borders on W: Cactus Range
E: Kawich Range[1]:148
Elevation 1,630 m (5,348 ft)
Coordinates 37°41′N 116°40′W / 37.683°N 116.667°W / 37.683; -116.667Coordinates: 37°41′N 116°40′W / 37.683°N 116.667°W / 37.683; -116.667
Biome Central Basin and Range ecoregion
"Cactus Flat". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

Cactus Flat is one of the Central Nevada Desert Basins[2] in the Cactus-Sacrobatus Watershed, for which it is an eponym. The flat is the location of the Tonopah Test Range Airport and Tonopah Test Range, a component of the Nevada Test and Training Range used for weapons testing since the 1950s.[3] The flat is also the site of the 615 sq mi (1,590 km2) Nevada Wild Horse Range of the Nellis Air Force Range.[4]

The Kawich Range lies to the northeast and the Cactus Range to the southwest. Jack Rabbit Knob is 11.5 km (7.1 mi) east of Antelope Lake playa in Cactus Flat.[5]

Cactus Flat has three cactus types (Beavertail cactus, Calico cactus and Barrel cactus).[1]:66

References

  1. 1 2 Carlson, Helen S. Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary. p. 225. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
  2. ↑ "Boundary Descriptions and Names of Regions, Subregions, Accounting Units and Cataloging Units". USGS.gov. Retrieved 2010-05-16. Central Nevada Desert Basin
  3. ↑ "Final Environmental Assessment for Sanitary Landfill Expansion of the Tonopah Test Range, Nye County, Nevada" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-12-07.
  4. ↑ "Nevada Wild Horse Range-Clark, Lincoln, and Nye Counties, Nevada" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-12-07.
  5. ↑ Cactus Flat, Nevada 1:100,000 scale topographic map, 37116-EM-TM-100, USGS, 1988
  • "Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats Watershed -- 16060013". Retrieved 2010-12-07.
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