Cactus Flat

Cactus Flat
Cactus Flat is the location of the Tonopah Test Range Airport (left of center).
Floor elevation	1630
Geography
Country	United States
State	Nevada
Borders on	Cactus Range Kawich Range[1]: 148
Coordinates	37°41′N 116°40′W [2]

Cactus Flat is one of the Central Nevada Desert Basins[3] 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.[4] The flat is also the site of the 615 sq mi (1,590 km^2) Nevada Wild Horse Range of the Nellis Air Force Range.[5]

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.[6]

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

References

1. Carlson, Helen S. Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary. p. 225. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
2. "Cactus Flat". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
3. "Boundary Descriptions and Names of Regions, Subregions, Accounting Units and Cataloging Units". USGS.gov. Retrieved 2010-05-16. Central Nevada Desert Basin
4. "Final Environmental Assessment for Sanitary Landfill Expansion of the Tonopah Test Range, Nye County, Nevada" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-29. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
5. "Nevada Wild Horse Range-Clark, Lincoln, and Nye Counties, Nevada" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
6. Cactus Flat, Nevada 1:100,000 scale topographic map, 37116-EM-TM-100, USGS, 1988

External links

• "Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats Watershed -- 16060013". Retrieved 2010-12-07.