Eastern Mojave Vegetation Tom Schweich
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Eastern Mojave Vegetation | U. S. Highway 95 |
| Tom Schweich |
 Topics in this Article: Literature Cited | (No Preface)
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| U. S. - Canada Border |
| Porthill
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| Sandpoint
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| Coeur d'AleneJunction: U. S. Interstate 90. |
| Lewiston
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| Weiser
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| Payette
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Idaho
| Oregon below
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Junction: U. S. Interstate 84. |
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| Ontario
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| Nyssa
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Oregon above
| Idaho below
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| Parma
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| Wilder
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Idaho above
| Oregon below
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| Jordan Valley
| Other Articles: Oregon Highway 78: at Burns Jct., OR. | Burns Junction
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Oregon above
| Nevada below
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| McDermitt
| Locations: Santa Rosa Range.
For the next 30 miles to the south, US Highway 95 travels through the Quinn River Valley, bordered by the Santa Rosa Range to the east.
| | Other Articles: Canyon Creek Road (Forest Road 084): at US Hwy 95
Junction: Canyon Creek Road (Forest Road 084) |
| Locations: Orovada.
| OrovadaJunction: Nevada State Route 293, west to Kings River Valley.
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Junction: Nevada Highway 140. |
| Locations: Santa Rosa Range.
For the next 30 miles to the north, US Highway 95 travels through the Quinn River Valley, bordered by the Santa Rosa Range to the east.
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Paradise Hill. | US Highway 95 is in Quinn River Valley to the north, and Paradise Valley to the south. | Other Articles: Nevada State Route 290: at US Hwy 95
Junction: Nevada State Route 290 |
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Other Articles: Singing and Booming Sand Dunes: Winnemucca Dunes, Nevada Locations: Winnemucca Dunes.
| Winnemucca DunesSee the article on "Singing and Booming Dunes."
| Other Articles: Interstate 80: Winnemucca Locations: Winnemucca.
| Winnemucca>Junction: U. S. Interstate 80. |
From Exit 83 to Winnemucca, US Hwy 95 follows the route of US I-80. Please see the article on US I-80 for information about the route between Exit 83 and Winnemucca.
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Other Articles: Interstate 80: Exit 83 U. S. Highway Alternate 95: southwest of Lovelock
Exit 83: US I-80, north and east to Winnemucca. |
| Other Articles: U. S. Highway 50: at US Hwy 95 Junction: U. S.
Highway 50. | |
| Schurz
| Other Articles: U. S. Highway Alternate 95: south of Schurz
| |  Walker Lake seen from the north. Other Articles: Field Notes: 20040527020 Locations: Walker Lake. |
|  Walker Lake seen from the south Other Articles: Field Notes: 20040527020 Locations: Walker Lake. |
| Literature Cited: Locations: Walker Lake. | Walker LakeJunction: Nevada Highway 359, south and west to California Highway 167 and US Highway 395 near Mono Lake. | Other Articles: Nevada Highway 359: Hawthorne
| Hawthorne
| Other Articles: Nevada State Route 361: near Luning
Junction: Nevada State Route 361, northeast to Gabbs, then north to US Hwy 50.
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railroad roadbed in Luning, Nevada. Other Articles: Field Notes: 5-Jun-06 in Luning, NV |
|  Old
house in Luning. Other Articles: Field Notes: 20060605160
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| Locations: Luning.
| Luning
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Long Branch Saloon in Luning, Nevada Other Articles: Field Notes: 20060605170 | |
| Mina
| Locations: Sodaville.
| SodavilleAlso known as Soda Springs, reached by the Carson & Colorado Railroad on December 1, 1881, was a resting place, a popular resort, and a major freighting point. | Literature Cited: Silver Star Mining District in the
east end of the Excelsior Mountains to the west. |
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Literature Cited: Locations: Rhodes Salt Marsh.
| Rhodes Salt MarshRhodes Salt Marsh, immediately south of Sodaville, was named after A. J. Rhodes. At one time it was known as Virginia Marsh, and it was from this marsh that salt was transported by camels to Virginia City in 1862 (Shamberger, 1978, p. 148). |
 Tonopah Junction Other Articles: Nevada State Route 360: at Tonopah Junction Locations: Pilot Mountains.
| Tonopah JunctionJunction: NV Highway 360 |  View of
Candelaria from US Hwy 95 Other Articles: Field Notes: 20060605180 Candelaria Road: at Redlich Locations: Redlich. | Redlich (Site)
| Locations: Columbus.
Road to Columbus |
|  Columbus Salt
Marsh Other Articles: Field Notes: 5-Jun-06 at Columbus Salt Marsh Locations: Columbus Salt Marsh. Columbus Salt Marsh |
| Other Articles: U. S. Highway 6: at Coaldale Junction | CoaldaleJunction: U. S. Highway 6, west through Montgomery Pass to Bishop, California.
| Other Articles: Nevada Highway 265: at Blair Junction Junction: Nevada
Highway 265, south to Silver Peak. |
|  White Mountains in California seen from US Hwy95 near Tonopah, Nevada
Other Articles: Field Notes: 20040526030 Locations: White Mountains. White Mountains. From Tonopah, US Highway 95 goes
west. As we rounded a corner we got a good view of the White Mountains in the distance.
| | Literature Cited: Locations: Crescent Dunes. Crescent Dunes (Nye
County) about 8 miles north of the highway. |
| Other Articles: U. S. Highway 6: in Tonopah | TonopahJunction: U. S. Highway 6, east to Ely, Nevada, and Salt Lake City, Utah.
| Other Articles: Silver Peak Road: 90000 Junction: Silver
Peak Road, west through Alkali to Silver Peak. |
|  Goldfield Hotel  Esmeralda County Courthouse Other Articles: Field Notes: 20040525480 Locations: Goldfield. | Goldfield
|  Mine headframes in Goldfield, Nevada Other Articles: Field Notes: 20040525476 Locations: Goldfield. Mine headframes to the east of
Goldfield. | |  View of
Goldfield from the south. Other Articles: Field Notes: 20040525475 Locations: Goldfield. Coming into Goldfield from the south.
| | Other Articles: Nevada Highway 266: at Lida Junction Junction: Nevada
Highway 266, west to Lida and into California at Oasis. |
|  Cottontail Ranch brothel at Lida Junction.
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|  Stake along US Highway 95. 
Stake along US Highway 95. Other Articles: Field Notes: 6-Jun-06 on US Hwy 95 | |
| Scotty's JunctionJunction: Nevada Highway 267, southwest to the California state line and Scotty's Castle. |  Looking
northeast toward Pahute Mesa, Nevada. Locations: Pahute Mesa.
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Junction: Oleo Road | Access to Nature Consevancy reserve at Torrance Ranch (37.0028, -116.7233), critical habitat for the Amargosa Toad. |  Roadside
north of Beatty.
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River at north end of Beatty Other Articles: Field Notes: 6-Jun-06 at Beatty Locations: Amargosa River. |
| Other Articles: Nevada Highway 374: Beatty Locations: Beatty. | BeattyJunction: Nevada Highway 374, southwest past Beatty to Death Valley at Daylight Pass. |  Amargosa
River south of Beatty  Amargosa River south of Beatty Other Articles: Field Notes: 6-Jun-06 south of Beatty 6-Jun-06 south of Beatty Locations: Amargosa River.
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Amargosa Narrows | | Literature Cited: Other Articles: Field Notes: 6-Jun-06 near Big Dune Singing and Booming Sand Dunes: Big Dune, Nevada Locations: Big Dune. Big Dune, southwest of the highway.
| | Literature Cited: Other Articles: Eastern Mojave Geology: desert pavement Locations: Lathrop Wells Volcano. Lathrop Wells Cinder
Cone | | Other Articles: NV Hwy 373: at US Hwy 95 Locations: Amargosa Valley. | Amargosa ValleyJunction: Nevada Highway 373, south to Ash Meadows, Death Valley, and US I-15 at Baker. | Other Articles: NV Highway 160: 10000
Junction:
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| Cactus Springs
| Locations: Indian Springs.
| Indian Springs
| Other Articles: Nevada Highway 172: at US Hwy 95 Junction: Nevada
State Route 172 "Cold Creek Road", to Camp Bonanza and Wheeler Pass Road.
| | Other Articles: NV State Route 156: 10000 Junction: Nevada
State Route 156, Lee Canyon Road. |
| Locations: Sheep Range.
Sheep Range to the northeast. |
| Other Articles: Desert National Wildlife Range Road.: at US Hwy 95 Junction: Desert
National Wildlife Range Road, to the Corn Creek Field Station, and Alamo Road, which passes up the west side of the Sheep Range.
| | Other Articles: Alamo Road: at US Hwy 95 Junction: Alamo
Road, north, and passing to the east side of the Sheep Range.
| | Other Articles: Nevada State Route 157: at US Hwy 95 Junction: Nevada
State Route 157, Kyle Canyon Road. |
| Other Articles: Interstate 15: 36000 U. S. Highway 93: at US I-15 U. S. Interstate 515: 11000 Locations: Las Vegas. | Las VegasJunction:
Between the Junction with Interstate 15 in the Center of Las Vegas and south of Henderson, NV, U. S. Highway 95 is coincident with U. S. Interstate 515 and U. S. Highway 93. | Other Articles: U. S. Highway 93: at US I-515 U. S. Interstate 515: 14000
Junctions:
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| Other Articles: NV Highway 164: at Searchlight Locations: Searchlight.
| Searchlight
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| Cal Nev Ari
| Other Articles: Goffs Road: Arrowhead Junction | Arrowhead JunctionJunction: Goffs Road, west to Goffs, former route of US Highway 66, the National Old Trails Highway. |
| Klinefelter
| Other Articles: U. S. Interstate 40: 28000
Junction: U. S. Interstate 40. |
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| Needles
| Locations: Lobecks Pass.
| Lobecks Pass
| Other Articles: Havasu Lake Road: 10000 Junction: Havasu
Lake Rd | | Other Articles: CA Hwy 62: at US Hwy 95 | Vidal JunctionJunction: California Highway 62, west to Twentynine Palms and Los Angeles, east to Earp, California, and Parker, Arizona. | Other Articles: US I-10: 17712 | BlytheJunction: US Interstate 10, west to Indio and Los Angeles.
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California above
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| Ehrenberg
| Other Articles: Arizona Highway 95: in Quartzsite US I-10: at Quartzsite Locations: Quartzite.
| QuartzsiteJunction: US Interstate 10, east to Phoenix, Arizona.
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| Yuma
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Junction: U. S. Interstate 8, west to San Diego, or east to Tucson.
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| San Luis
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U. S. Mexico Border | |
| Literature CitedA list of all literature cited by this web site can be found in the Bibliography.
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| Hanson, Meri. 1978. From Walker Lake to Walker Pass with Fremont's Third Expedition: the Travel Journal of Edward Kern. Nevada Historical Society Quarterly. 21(1):56-65. {TAS} Location records referred to by this literature:
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| Pavlik, Bruce Michael. 1985. Sand dune flora of the Great Basin and Mojave deserts of California, Nevada, and Oregon. Madroρo. 32(4):197-213. {TAS} Location records referred to by this literature:
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| Rush, F. Eugene. 1970. Hydrologic Regimen of Walker Lake, Mineral County, Nevada. Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-415. Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey, 1970. {TAS-map} Location records referred to by this literature:
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| Shamberger, Hugh A. 1978. Candelaria and Its Neighbors. Historic Mining Camps of Nevada. Carson City, Nevada: Nevada Historical Press, 1978. {TAS} Location records referred to by this literature:
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| Tingley, Joseph V. 1990. Mineral Resource Inventory, Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District, Navada. NBMG Open File Report 90-1. Reno, Nevada: United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, January 1990. {TAS-pdf} Location records referred to by this literature:
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| Trexler, Dennis T., and Wilton N. Melhorn. 1986. Singing and booming land dunes of California and Nevada. California Geology. 39(7):147-152. San Francisco, CA: California Division of Mines and Geology, July 1986. {TAS} Location records referred to by this literature:
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| Valentine, Greg A., and Charles D. Harrington. 2006. Clast size controls and longevity of Pleistocene desert pavements at Lathrop Wells and Red Cone volcanoes, southern Nevada. Geology. 34(7):533-536. {TAS-pdf} Location records referred to by this literature:
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| Valentine, Greg A., Don Krier, Frank V. Perry, and Grant Heiken. 2005. Scoria cone construction mechanisms, Lathrop Wells volcano, southern Nevada, USA. Geology. 33(8):629-632. {TAS-pdf} Location records referred to by this literature:
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| | Date and time this article was prepared: 5/8/2008 9:43:23 AM |
