Eastern Mojave Vegetation Tom Schweich
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Eastern Mojave Vegetation | U. S. Highway 93 |
| Tom Schweich |
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Junction: U. S. Interstate 90 |
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Junction: U. S. Interstate 84. |
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Idaho above … | Nevada below …
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Other Articles: Interstate 80: Wells Locations: Wells.
| WellsJunction: U. S. Interstate 80. | Other Articles: Nevada Highway 229: 90000 Junction: Nevada
Highway 229. | | Literature Cited: Locations: Goshute Cave. Junction: US
Highway 93, north to Wendover, Nevada, on US Interstate 80, at the Utah border. | Goshute Cave is about 8 miles to the west, across Steptoe Valley, and on the east side of the Cherry Creek Mountains. | Other Articles: Nevada State Route 486: at US Hwy 93 N Junction: Nevada State Route
486, east to Duck Creek Valley, and then south. |
| Other Articles: Swertia albomarginata: near Steptoe Locations: Steptoe. Steptoe is to the east-southeast,
behind the copper smelter, on the slopes below the Duck Creek Range. | There are several collections of Swertia albomarginata from Steptoe. | Locations: McGill. | McGillMill and smelter.
| Other Articles: Swertia albomarginata: in vicinity of Ely Locations: Ely. | Ely | Other Articles: U. S. Highway 50: at US Hwy 6 W Junction: U. S. Highway 50.
| | Other Articles: U. S. Highway 6: in Ely Junction: U. S. Highway 6. | US Hwy 93 follows the route of US Hwy 50 and US Hwy 6 for 27 miles east of Ely. | Other Articles: Nevada State Route 486: at US Hwy 50 Junction: Nevada State Route
486, east to Cave Valley Lake and then north. |
| Other Articles: U. S. Highway 50: at US Hwy 93 Junction: U. S. Highway 50,
East. (Use U. S. Highway 50 for access to U. S. Highway 6.) |
| Other Articles: Nevada State Route 894: at US Hwy 93 Junction: Nevada
State Route 894, "Shoshone Road", across Spring Valley to the west flank of the Snake Range, and then south to Shoshone and Minerva.
| | Other Articles: Field Notes: 20080610040 Locations: North Spring Point. | North Spring Point
| Other Articles: Field Notes: 10-Jun-08 at North Spring Point
| | Other Articles: Swertia albomarginata: at Bristol Pass Locations: Bristol Pass. Bristol Pass to the
west. | | Other Articles: Bristol Mine Road: at US Hwy 93 Junction: Bristol Mine
Road | Bristol Mine Road goes west through Bristol Pass, turns south past Bristol Wells, and then returns east to Bristol and the Bristol Silver Mines on the west side of the Bristol Range. | Other Articles: Field Notes: 20090605050 Locations: Jackrabbit. Junction: Road to Jackrabbit and
Bristol Pass |
| Other Articles: Nevada State Route 320: at US Hwy 93 Junction: Nevada State Route
320, west and south through Caselton. |
| Other Articles: Swertia albomarginata: at Atlanta Locations: Atlanta. Union Pacific Railroad Crossing.
Station of Atlanta just to the west of the highway. |
| Other Articles: Nevada State Route 321: at US Hwy 93
Junction: Nevada State Route 321, business route through downtown Pioche.
| | Other Articles: Swertia albomarginata: near Pioche Nevada State Route 322: at US Hwy 93 Locations: Pioche. | PiocheJunction: Nevada State Route 322, east to Spring Valley State Park.County seat of Lincoln County, NV. Motels: (1) ..., (2) Hutchings Motel, P. O. Box 353, Pioche NV 89043 (702) 962-5404. The Lincoln County Record is published by: Pioche Record Publishing Co, Inc., PO Box 507, Pioche NV 89043. "... a recently chained area [is] available for woodcutters; Reed Cabin Summit chaining is near Eagle Valley State Park and is reasonably accessible" (Lincoln County Record, 126(3), Oct 5, 1995). This was a surprise to me, I thought the BLM had stopped chaining … | Other Articles: Nevada State Route 321: at US Hwy 93 Junction: Nevada State Route
321, business route through downtown Pioche. |
| Other Articles: Nevada State Route 320: at US Hwy 93
Junction: Nevada State Route 320, north through Caselton.
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Cathedral Gorge State Park, Miller Point Overlook. |
| Locations: Cathedral Gorge State Park. | Cathedral Gorge State Park
| Other Articles: Swertia albomarginata: near Panaca Locations: Panaca. | Panaca | Other Articles: Nevada State Route 319: at USHwy93 Junction: Nevada Highway 319, east
to Utah. | | Literature Cited: Locations: Panaca Valley. The valley in which
Panaca lies is called Panaca Valley by the state of Nevada, and Meadow Valley by federal agencies.
| | Other Articles: Beaver Dam Road: at US Hwy 93 Junction: Beaver Dam Road,
31 miles to Beaver Dam State Park. The road crosses the Union Pacific tracks at Acoma, a former populated place with a post office. A collection of Swertia albomarginata was made near Acoma.
| | Literature Cited: Locations: Meadow Valley. Indian Cove, enter
Meadow Valley (Panaca Valley) from the south. |
| Other Articles: Field Notes: 20090604060 Locations: Caliente. | CalienteMotels and restaurants. Caliente seems more like a center of commerce for Lincoln County than does Pioche or Panaca. |  Union Pacific Depot in Caliente, Nevada
Union Pacific Depot | | Literature Cited: Locations: Oak Springs Summit. | Oak Springs Summit, Delamar Mountains"On the west slope of Hancock Summit (sic), in the Delamar Mountains near Caliente, Joshua trees grow among the sagebrush and juniper well beyond the northern limit of creosote bush, co-indicator (with Joshuas) of the Mojave Desert. Here grows a disorienting mix of plants: juniper, Joshua tree, sagebrush, green rabbitbush, Palmer's penstemon, white prickly-poppy. (Trimble, 1989)"Hancock Summit is, of course, in the pass between the Pahranagat Range and the Mount Irish Range, on Nevada State Route 375, and is about 40 miles to the west of Oak Springs Summit. |
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| Dry Lake ValleyOn a mid-October morning we encountered four (4) Golden Eagles sitting on fence posts as we crossed Dry Lake Valley, west of the Delamar Mountains. |
| Pahroc Range | Other Articles: Nevada Highway 318: at US Hwy 93 Nevada Highway 375: 22000
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| Ash SpringsTaylor, F. R., L. A. Gillman, and J. W. Pedretti. 1989. (Dep Biol. Sci., Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154.); "Impact of cattle on two isolated fish populations in Pahranagat Valley, Nevada [USA]." Great Basin Naturalist. 1989 49(4):491-495. | Other Articles: Swertia albomarginata: in Pahranagat Range Locations: Pahranagat Range. Pahranagat Range with
Badger Mountain (elevation 7976 ft.) to the west. | Canyon Road, about 2 miles north of Alamo, may give access to the Pahranagat Range. | Locations: Alamo. | Alamo"On September 12, 1995, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced in the Federal Register the availability of the Public/Agency Review Draft of the Recovery Plan for the Aquatic and Riparian Species of the Pahranagat Valley" (Lincoln County Record, 126(3), Oct 5 1995). So there must be an issue of native fish and water usage along the White River in the Pahranagat Valley. | Locations: Upper Pahranagat Lake.
Upper Pahranagat Lake | | Other Articles: Tikaboo Road: at US Hwy 93 Junction: Tikaboo Road, west
over Medgser Pass into Badger Valley. Some maps show this road as one of several routes known as "Old Corn Creek Road."
| | Other Articles: Field Notes: 20090604020 Locations: Lower Pahranagat Lake. |
| Other Articles: Alamo Road: at US Hwy 93 Junction: Alamo Road or Old Corn
Creek Road, passing south down the west side of the Sheep Range to US Highway 95 near Corn Creek.
| |  Coyote Springs, home of the palm tree
| | Other Articles: Nevada State Route 168: at US Hwy 93 | Coyote SpringsJunction: Nevada State Route 168 |  Sheep Range on the west side of Coyote Springs Valley
Sheep Range to west of highway.
| | Other Articles: Mormon Well Road: at US Hwy 93 Junction: Mormon Well Road
| | Locations: Arrow Canyon Range.
Arrow Canyon Range to the east. |
| Other Articles: Interstate 15: 34000 Junction: U. S.
Interstate 15 | |
| US Hwy 93 follows the route of US Interstate 15 for 21 miles. Please refer to the I-15 road log for details between the two junctions. | | Las Vegas
| Other Articles: U. S. Highway 95: Las Vegas U. S. Interstate 515: 11000 Interstate 15: 36000 Junction: |
U. S. Highway 93 is coindicent with U. S. Interstate 515 from the junction with Interstate 15 in the center of Las Vegas through Henderson, Nevada. | Other Articles: U. S. Highway 95: 52000 U. S. Interstate 515: 14000
Junction: U. S. Interstate 515, freeway to the center of Las Vegas, Nevada.
| | Other Articles: Nevada State Route 166: at US Hwy 93 Junction: Nevada State Route
166, north to Boulder Beach. |
| Other Articles: FAQ: Highway 93 at Hoover Dam Locations: Hoover Dam. | Hoover Dam | | KingmanJunction: U. S. Interstate 40, west to Barstow. |
Junction: U. S. Interstate 40, east to Flagstaff. |
| Other Articles: Arizona Highway 89: at US Hwy 93 Junction: Arizona Highway
89, north to Prescott, and then to US Interstate 40 near Ash Fork.
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| | Literature CitedA list of all literature cited by this web site can be found in the Bibliography.
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| Denniston, Rhawn F., Yemane Asmerom, Victor Polyak, Jeffrey A. Dorale, Scott J. Carperter, Chalres Trodick, Brian Hoye, and Luis A. Gonzalez. 2007. Synchronous millenial-scale climatic changes in the Great Basin and the North Atlantic during the last interglacial. Geology. 35(7):619-622. {TAS-pdf} Location records referred to by this literature:
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| Nevada, Division of Water Resources. 2009. Designated Groundwater Basins of Nevada. Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Office of the State Engineer, Division of Water Resources, 901 S. Stewart Street, Carson City, Nevada 89701. Tracy Taylor, P.E., State Engineer. Scale 1:750,000 Location records referred to by this literature:
| | Lincoln County Planning Department. 2007. Lincoln County Designated Water Basins. {TAS-pdf} Accessed 22-Feb-2010 at http://www.lincolncountynv.org/planning/maps/Lincoln_Designated_Basins.pdf Location records referred to by this literature:
| | Trimble, Stephen. 1989. The Sagebrush Ocean. Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press. {TAS} Location records referred to by this literature:
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| | Date and time this article was prepared: 8/20/2010 10:38:30 AM |
