Editing Nellis Air Force Base Complex (section)

==Notes==
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<ref name=Bryce>Bryce, S.A., Woods, A.J., Morefield, J.D., Omernik, J.M., McKay, T.R., Brackley, G.K., Hall, R.K., Higgins, D.K., McMorran, D.C., Vargas, K.E., Petersen, E.B., Zamudio, D.C., and Comstock, J.A., 2003, ''Ecoregions of Nevada'' (color poster with map, descriptive text, summary tables, and photographs): Reston, Virginia, U.S. Geological Survey (map scale 1:1,350,000).</ref>

<ref name=EO9019>{{Citation |year=1942 |title=Executive Order 9019}}{{Full citation needed|date=February 2013}} '''NOTE''': EO9019 returned ~{{Convert|937730|acre|sqmi|abbr=on}} of the Las Vegas General Range to the [[Department of the Interior]] and by 1953, ~{{Convert|154584|acre|sqmi|abbr=on}} of the former Tonopah General Range were relinquished. "These two tracts of land comprise Area A, approximately 708,621 acres ... in Lincoln and Nye Counties north and northeast of the present-day boundaries of the Nellis Air Force Range ... the majority of the area is used for wildlife conservation and is controlled by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).... The remainder of the land is owned by various private landowners ... The majority of Area A is still used today as a [[Military Operations Area]] (MOA) for flyovers by the pilots from Nellis Air Force Base ... and is not part of ... Nellis Air Force Range." (GlobalSecurity.org webpage)</ref>

<ref name=Final>{{Cite report |title=Archives Search Report: Findings (Tonopah Bombing Range) |quote=The general location of the site lies within relatively flat area, with numerous intermittent drains running through the site area and dry lakes. Several mountain ranges ([[Reveille Range|Reveille]] and [[Kawich Range|Kawich]]) and valleys ([[Stone Cabin Valley|Stone Cabin]], [[Hot Creek Valley|Hot Creek]], [[Railroad Valley|Railroad]], [[Tikaboo Valley|Tikaboo]], and [[Sand Springs Valley|Sand Spring]]) are identified throughout the site area. Located to the south and southwest of the site location is Tonopah Test Range<sup>[page 4-13]</sup> The site has the Kawech Range on the west, the [[Timpahute Range]] and the [[Worthington Mountains]] on the east, the [[Belted Range|Belted]] and [[Papoose Range]]s to the south, and the Reveille Range to the northwest [and] is part of the Sand Spring-Tikaboo Valleys ... the Tonopah Army Air Force Bombing Range site drains down from the mountains {{sic|towards valley floor.}} ... On 14 January 1941, by virtue of Executive Order Number 8636, the War Department withdrew an additional 7,338.23 acres in Nevada for use as an aviation base.<sup>[p. 5-1]</sup> ... Currently, the majority of the original Tonopah Bombing Range property is owned by the Bureau of Land Management and is open to the public.}}<sup>[p. 5-2]</sup></ref>

<ref name=Futrell>{{Cite report |last=Futrell |first=Robert F. |publisher=Air Historical Office |date=July 1947 |title=Development of AAF Base Facilities in the United States: 1939–1945 |volume=ARS-69: US Air Force Historical Study No 69 (Copy No. 2) }}</ref>

<ref name=Huntley>{{Cite report |last=Huntley |first=Chris, Proj. Mgr. |date=August 2008 |title=...Patriot Communications Exercises in Lincoln County, Nevada |url=http://www.nellis.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-080404-038.pdf |format=Final Environmental Assessment |volume=AFD-081006-078 |publisher=Aspen Environmental Group |access-date=2013-02-06 |page=5-2 |quote=Plant communities in this region are characterized by Mojave Desert Scrub and Great Basin Desert Scrub biomes (Brown, 1994).... Great Basin Desert Scrub evolved from both cold-temperate and warm-temperate vegetation and is characterized by communities dominated by sagebrush (Artemisia spp.), shadscale (A. confertifolia), or winterfat ([[Krascheninnikovia lanata]]) (Brown, 1994). Blackbrush ([[Coleogyne ramosissima]]), greasewood ([[Sarcobatus vermiculatus]]), black sage (A. nova), and rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus spp.) are also common and are often co-dominant or present in many Great Basin plant communities.<sup>[p. 3-5]</sup> ... The baseline Nellis AFB complex emission summary for the Nellis area and the NTTR, which includes Lincoln County, is given in Table 5-2. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304014049/http://www.nellis.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-080404-038.pdf |archive-date=2013-03-04 }}</ref>

<ref name=Silkebakken>{{Cite report |last1=Silkebakken |first1=Don |last2=Kelley |first2=Laura (Project Managers) |title=Programmatic Work Plan for Southwest IMA Region | date=February 2010 |edition=Revision No. 2, "Revised Final" version |publisher=Parsons |series=FUDS Military Munitions Response Program }}</ref>

<ref name=Spurr>{{Cite book |last=Spurr |first=Josiah Edward |year=1905 |title=Geology of the Tonopah Mining District, Nevada |url=https://archive.org/details/geologyoftonopah00spurrich |format=Internet Archive abstract |publisher=GPO |access-date=2013-02-07 |quote=''The writer has previously described the Great Basin region as forming part of a great petrographic province, and later it has been shown that this province extends into Mexico, and may reach much farther northeast and southwest.... In April, 1900, James L. Butler ... on Mizpah Hill, he broke off specimens [valued] from $50 to $600 per ton in silver and gold.... Until the present season (1904) ... the fronts of many of the Basin ranges are bordered by a continuous apron of debris sloping down into the center of the valley.... The greatest of the earth's oceans [[Pacific Rim|is rimmed by the greatest of the earth's volcanic belts. This "circle of fire,"...'']]}}-- Included U.S. Geological Survey "Professional Paper No. 42" maps are Plate III (pp. 28-9 mining claim map) & Plate XVI (pp. 116-7 geologic map with streets and buildings).</ref>

<ref name=USACE2010>{{Cite report|date=June 2010|title=Comprehensive Site Evaluation Phase II|url=http://www.nellis.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-100621-030.pdf|access-date=2013-06-08|quote=''The Las Vegas Valley (the Valley) is a bowl-shaped basin surrounded by rugged mountain ranges. The entire hydrographic basin is 1,600 square miles. The western edge of the Valley is approximately 5 miles west of Lake Mead, which is an impoundment on the Colorado River. The Valley occupies a structural basin in the Basin and Range Province of the northern Mojave Desert, and most shallow groundwater and all surface flows are transported to Lake Mead via the Las Vegas Wash.... The total land area occupied by Nellis AFB and its restricted ranges is more than 5,000 square miles. An additional 7,700 square miles of airspace north and east of the restricted ranges also are available for military flight operations.... Table 2-1 Former Ranges and Impact Areas.... The Small Arms Range Ordnance Ejection Site OT-39, now known as OT-37, located in the active portion of the Nellis Small Arms Range ... MU732 is currently inactive and considered a closed range but is accessed by authorized installation personnel, authorized contractors and visitors, and trespassers.''|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303231607/http://www.nellis.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-100621-030.pdf|archive-date=2013-03-03}} (small arms annex areas on p. 5-1)</ref>

<ref name=Wagner>{{Cite report |editor=Wagner, Katrina |date=September 2004 |title=2003 Annual Site Environmental Report, Tonopah Test Range |url=http://prod.sandia.gov/techlib/access-control.cgi/2004/042812.pdf |publisher=Sandia National Laboratories |access-date=2013-02-04 }}</ref>
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