Editing Nellis Air Force Base Complex (section)

===Wildlife areas===
The Nevada Division of Wildlife's [[Key Pittman]] Wildlife Management Area has a [[National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]] weather station, and Wilderness Areas include the "[[Worthington Mountains]], [[Weepah Springs]], [[Big Rocks]], [and] Ash Springs Wildlife Area". Lands for federal protection of natural resources include:{{r|Huntley}}
*  [[Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex]]
** [[Desert National Wildlife Refuge]]: "established to preserve habitat for the [[desert bighorn sheep]], and is managed by the USFWS as a unit of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex".
** [[Amargosa Pupfish Station]]
** [[Ash Springs Public Rock Art Site]]: petroglyphs and semi-circular rock alignments south of [[Ash Springs]] and managed by the BLM
** [[Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge]]
** [[Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge]]: migratory bird habitat south of [[Alamo, Nevada|Alamo]] along [[U.S. Route 93 in Nevada]]
* [[Leviathan Cave Geologic Area]]:. [[Leviathon Cave]] tunnels and chambers for spelunkers and geologists on the east side of the [[Worthington Mountain Range]] and administered by the BLM
* [[White River Narrows Archaeological District]]: cultural artifacts such as petroglyphs on SR-318 north of [[Hiko, Nevada|Hiko]] and managed by the BLM
* [[Railroad Valley Wildlife Management Area]]<ref>{{Cite gnis |862837|Railroad Valley Wildlife Management Area (862837)|accessdate=2013-07-03}}</ref>
Military operations "when a [[desert tortoise|tortoise]] is found in harms way" are suspended until it has been removed by an authorized biologist (e.g., dispatched by the Nellis AFB Natural Resources Manager), nesting surveys are conducted prior to military exercises for species protected under the [[Migratory Bird Treaty Act]], and the BLM & USFS provide protections under the [[Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act]].{{r|Huntley}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Public lands managed by the federal government in southern Nevada by size
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! Area {{align|right| [[Formerly Used Defense Sites|FUDS #]] }}
! Location (landforms, etc.)
! Facilities/sites
! Agency
! Years
! Size
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| [[Nevada Test and Training Range]]—shares ~{{Convert|1276|sqmi|abbr=on}} of the Southern Range with the DNWR
| '''Northern Range''':<br />'''Southern Range''': southern [[Tikaboo Valley]], Dogbone Dry Lake in Range 62,{{r|Biblioteca}}
| Northern: [[Tolicha Peak Electronic Combat Range|Tolich Peak ECR]], [[Tonopah Electronic Combat Range|Tonopah ECR]]<br />Southern: [[Point Bravo Electronic Combat Range|Point Bravo ECR]], [[Dogbone Lake Gunnery and Bombing Range|Dogbone Lake G&BR]],{{r|Biblioteca}} [[Groom Lake Field]] in [[Area 51]]
| [[Nevada Test and Training Range (military unit)|USAF]]
| 1942–present
| {{Convert|4531|sqmi|abbr=on}} <!--"occupies 2.9 million acres of land"-->
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| [[Nevada National Security Site]]<br />•includes [[Camp Desert Rock]] FUDS of {{Convert|23058|acre|abbr=on}}<ref>Fall 2012 On Point ''Camp Desert Rock, Nevada'': "Immediately after Operation Plumbbob's Galileo shot on 7 October 1957, the camp reverted to standby status, with a small caretaker staff remaining at the post. After the suspension of aboveground testing in 1957, the camp ceased operation as an Army subinstallation effective 18 June 1964. Many of the camp's structures were moved to other parts of the NTS. The AEC resurfaced and enlarged the Desert Rock airstrip in 1969, extending the runway to a length of 7,500 feet. Although this airstrip was originally built to serve the NTS, it is currently an emergency landing site for any aircraft. Later additions included a National Weather Service facility and a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Surface Radiation (SURFRAD) station."</ref>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;J09NV0276
| [[Frenchman Flat]], [[Jackass Flats]], [[Yucca Flat]], Rainer & [[Pahute Mesa]]s,
| 10 heliports, 2 "wild horse units ... Unit 252 [&] Unit 253",{{r|Wagner}} [[Pahute Mesa Airstrip]] (Area 18), [[Desert Rock Airport]] (Area 20), "[[Yucca Lake]] UAV testing facility", "[[Yucca Mountain Underground Facility]]",<ref name=Biblioteca>{{Cite web |title=Military Air Chart of the Nellis Ranges |url=http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/vida_alien/esp_hall02c.htm |publisher=BibliotecaPleyades.net |access-date=2013-06-25}}</ref> [[:File:NTS - Big Explosives Experimental Facility.jpg|Big Explosives Experimental Facility]] (Area 4), [[:File:Device Assembly Facility.jpg|Criticality Experiments Facility]] (Area 6), [[Mercury, Nevada|former Base Camp Mercury]]
| [[United States Department of Energy|DOE]]
| 1951–present
| ~{{Convert|1355|sqmi|abbr=on}}
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| [[Desert National Wildlife Refuge]] land east of the NTTR
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| FUDS: Former [[Nellis Air Force Range|NAFR]] Areas B-G,{{r|Silkebakken}} e.g., Area F of {{Convert|47481.50|acre|abbr=on}}<ref name=GlobalSecurity>{{Cite web |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/indian-springs.htm |title=Creech Air Force Base |publisher=GlobalSecurity.org |access-date=2013-06-16 |quote=In 1976, the USAF relinquished primary control of what is now Area F to the Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. This land is now part of the Desert National Wildlife Reserve.}}</ref>
| USFWS
| 1936–present
| <!--2524 sq mi - ~1,276 sq mi colocated with NTTR=-->{{Convert|1248|sqmi|abbr=on}}
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| [[Tonopah Bombing Range (FUDS)]]* {{align|right|J09NV1114}}
| [[Stone Cabin Valley|Stone Cabin]], [[Hot Creek Valley|Hot Creek]], [[Railroad Valley|Railroad]], [[Tikaboo Valley|Tikaboo]], and [[Sand Springs Valley|Sand Springs]] valleys ("60 miles east of [[Tonopah, Nevada|Tonopah]]")
| [[USFWS National Wildlife Refuge]] of ~{{Convert|22.25|sqmi|abbr=on}} at the [[Kawich Range]], [[Rachel, Nevada|Rachel community]] (Sand Springs Valley), [[Area 51]] viewing areas (Tonopah Uplands along Tikaboo Valley)
| BLM{{r|Final}}
| 1942–19xx<br />(FUDS: 1999)
| ~{{Convert|311040|acre|abbr=on}}<ref>{{Cite report |date=September 1999 |title=Site Survey Summary Sheet: Tonopah Bombing Range |type=part of Aug 2001 Archives Search Report |publisher=[[Techlaw, Inc.]] |quote=approximately 311,040 acres, more or less}}<br />{{Cite report |last=Kocher |first=Gregg |date=14 May 2001 |title=Site Safety and Health Plan |type=part of Aug 2001 Archives Search Report |publisher=[[U. S. Army Corps of Engineers]]}}</ref>
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| Tonopah Rifle Range {{align|right|J09NV0970}}<br /><small>{{nowrap| [[Tonopah Army Airfield]] Practice Bombing Ranges* J09NV1112<ref name=J09NV1112>{{Cite report |title=Inventory Project Report: Tonopah Army Airfield Practice Bombing Ranges |type=DERP - FUDS SiteNo. J09NV1112 |date=March 1999 |publisher=United States Army Corps of Engineers}}</ref>}}</small>
|<br />"Sand {{sic|Spring}}-Tikaboo Valleys"<ref>{{Cite report |date=September 1999 |title=Final Inventory Project Report, Tonopah Bombing Range |series=Project Number - J09NV1114 |publisher=USACE Sacramento District |quote=Squadron Histories K-SQ-Test-4201 -HI Tonopah Test Range, 1976 ... Training Histories 224.95 1 -1 West Coast Air Corps Training Center, October 1941 ... (with map) of Las Vegas AAF and includes Tonopah range}}</ref>
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|<br />1941-tbd
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| Area A {{align|right| J09NV1103}}
| north and northeast of NTTR
| former ranges 46-56 "returned to public domain" by 1941 [[Executive order (United States)|EO9019]] and 1957 EO10355
| BLM
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| ~{{Convert|1107|sqmi|abbr=on}}{{r|EO9019}}
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| [[Tonopah Test Range]]
| "Cactus and Gold Flats, Kawich Valley, Goldfield Hills, and the Stonewall Mountains",{{r|Wagner}} [[Cactus Flat]], [[Antelope Lake Valley]]
| [[Tonopah Test Range Airport]] (Cactus Flat), Operations Control Center (Area 3), Area 10 airfield/strip, [[Mellan Airstrip]] (37°41′16″N 116°37′50″W),
| [[United States Department of Energy|DOE]]
| 1957–present
| ~{{Convert|280|sqmi|abbr=on}}{{r|Wagner}}
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| [[Humboldt National Forest]]
| "Total Acreage" includes "217,086" acres not federally-owned<ref name=LAR2011>http://www.fs.fed.us/land/staff/lar/LAR2011/LAR2011_Book_A5.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
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| {{Convert|2618165|acre|abbr=on}}{{r|LAR2011}}
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| [[List of landforms of the Nellis & Wildlife 5 Ranges region#National Wildhorse Management Area|Wildhorse Management Area]]
| bordered on 3 sides by the NTTR Northern Range and on the north, Tonopah Bombing Range (FUDS)
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| BLM{{r|Wagner}}
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| [[Nellis Air Force Base]]
| [[Las Vegas Valley]] (northeast corner) adjacent to [[North Las Vegas]]
| Area I: Airport, "Nellis Control", [[Red Flag exercise|Suter Hall]]<br />Area II: former [[Lake Mead Base]] {{align|right| J09NV0442 }}<br />Area III: Armory, family housing
| USAF
| 1941-6, 1947–present
| {{Convert |17.7|sqmi|abbr=on}}
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| Nellis Small Arms Range Complex
| [[Las Vegas Valley]] & [[Mojave Desert|Mojave Arid Footslopes]] of Sheep Mountain, "north of the main base of Nellis AFB" and adjacent to "World War II Gunnery Range (FUDS)" on west and north
| active area: {{Convert|6957|acre|abbr=on}}<br />inactive ([[Munitions response area|MRA]] MU732): {{Convert|<!--3982|acre-->6.2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
| USAF<br />[[To be determined|tbd]]
| 1941–present<br />1941-65{{r|USACE2010}}
| {{Convert|17.1|sqmi|abbr=on}}
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| [[Tonopah Air Force Base]] {{align|right|J09NV0969}}
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| BLM
| 1942–195x
| {{Convert |7228.23|acres|abbr=on}}{{r|Final}}
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| [[Creech Air Force Base]]
| adjacent to [[Indian Springs, Nevada]] and FUDS J09NV0399 ([[Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field|Indian Springs AFAF]] land designated a FUDS by 2002)<ref name=TableC3>{{Cite report |at=Table C-3 |url=http://www.denix.osd.mil/arc/upload/App-C-3.pdf |title=Satus of Installations With Response Completed |publisher=Defense Environmental Restoration Program (OSD) |access-date=2013-06-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017092439/https://www.denix.osd.mil/arc/upload/App-C-3.pdf |archive-date=2012-10-17 }}</ref>
| [[Joint Unmanned Aerial Systems Center of Excellence]]<br />UAV-Logistic and Training Facility
| USAF
| 1942-5, {{nowrap| 1948–present}}
| {{Convert|2300|acre|abbr=on}}{{r|GlobalSecurity}}
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| [[Nevada Test and Training Range|Patriot "Radar/Communications activity area"]] ("[[Air Defense Artillery|ADA]] activity area"), part of eastern DNWR
| Coal V (sites 110E*, F*, G), [[Delamar Valley|Delamar V]] (102, 108), [[Dry Lake Valley|Dry Lake V]] (103), [[Pahranagat Valley|Pahranagat V]] (LSA), [[Sand Springs Valley|Sand Springs V]] (112C, E, F, G, H, I), [[Six Mile Flat]] (109),
| Logistics Support Area (LSA) at [[Alamo Airfield]] & 13 sites each {{Convert|500|x|500|ft|abbr=on}}<br /><br />*in "wild horse Herd Management Areas (HMA){{r|Huntley}}
| BLM{{r|Huntley}}{{rp|1-1}}
| 2008–present
| {{Convert|74.1|acre|abbr=on}}{{r|Huntley}}+
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| [[Las Vegas Air Force Station]] {{align|right|J09NV0445}}<br />[[Lathrop Wells, Nevada|Lathrop Wells]] radar site<br />[[Red Mountain (Nevada)|Red Mountain]] VORTAC site<br />[[Ground Equipment Facility|FAA radar facility]] (former [[Tonopah AFS]])<br />Former [[Ground Air Transmit Receive|GATR]] & [[P-35 radar|Soviet radar]] site
| {{nowrap| Portion is leased to Nellis AFB{{Citation needed|reason=This claim is from the Las Vegas AFS wikiarticle.|date=June 2013}}}}<br />west of Indian Springs<br />near [[Boulder City, Nevada]]<br />{{Coord|38|03|06|N|117|13|32|W}} in [[Esmeralda County|Esmeralda Co.]]<br />{{Coord|38|08|37|N|117|11|57|W}} "near the former" [[Tonopah Air Force Station|TAFS]]
| Former [[Phoenix Air Defense Sector|Phoenix ADS]] radar site<br />Former [[Phoenix Air Defense Sector|Phoenix ADS]] radar site<br />Former [[Phoenix Air Defense Sector|Phoenix ADS]] radar site<br />2 radar platforms at former [[Reno Air Defense Sector|Reno ADS]] site<br />Former Reno ADS site
|[[Federal Aviation Administration|FAA]]<br />FAA<br />USAF
| 1956-69<br /><br /><br />1956-70<br />
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| [[Regional Training Complex]] ([[Silver Flag Alpha]] facility)
| ~15 miles south of Indian Springs on [[U.S. Route 95 in Nevada|US95]]<ref>{{Cite web |format=fact sheet |date=July 12, 2012 |title=99th Ground Combat Training Squadron - "Silver Flag Alpha" |url=http://www.nellis.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=19649 |publisher=Nellis AFB public affairs |access-date=2013-06-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303183921/http://www.nellis.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=19649 |archive-date=March 3, 2013 }}</ref>
| 12 small arms ranges, [[Military Operations in Urban Terrain|MOUT]] village, bare base tent city, maneuver area
| USAF|
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| Tonopah (TPH) [[VORTAC]]
| {{Coord|38|01|50.321|N|117|02|00.627|W|notes=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.myaviationinfo.com/NavaidData.php?NavaidIdentifier=TPH |title=TPH: Tonopah VORTAC Navigation Facility &#124; MyAviationInfo.com |website=www.myaviationinfo.com |access-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130706162432/http://www.myaviationinfo.com/NavaidData.php?NavaidIdentifier=TPH |archive-date=6 July 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>}} near Nye County's [[Tonopah Airport]] ({{Coord|38|03|37|N|117|05|12|W}})
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| FAA
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| [[Hawthorne Bomb Plot]]
| [[Babbitt, Nevada]] ([[Mineral County, Nevada|Mineral County]])
| former "[[:Category:United States automatic tracking radar stations|USAF Radar Station]]" for [[Radar Bomb Scoring|RBS]]
| USAF<br />US Navy
| 1962–1985<br />1993
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| [[Delamar Dry Lake]] Test Annex {{align|right| J09NV0023 }}
| [[Delamar Valley]]
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| Sunrise Mountain Machine Gun Range&nbsp;&nbsp;{{align|right|J09NV0639}}
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| "[[North Las Vegas]] Station" near Nellis AFB<br />"[[Key Pittman Wildlife Management Area|Key Pittman WMA]] station"
| {{Convert|4.19|in|abbr=on}} average precipcipitation/year<br /><!--"general area" of the ADA activity area: -->{{Convert|7.94|in|abbr=on}} "
| Climatology monitoring sites (weather stations){{r|Huntley}}{{rp|3-1}}
| [[National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]
| 1951–present<br />1964–present
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