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The Nellis Air Force Base Complex [1] (Nellis AFB complex, [2] [3] NAFB Complex [1]) is the southern Nevada military region of federal facilities and lands, e.g., currently and formerly used for military and associated testing and training such as Atomic Energy Commission atmospheric nuclear detonations of the Cold War.
The BLM office has online and printed maps and information, with the boundaries and features of the Black Rock–High Rock NCA and of the locations of the ten designated National Wilderness Preservation Areas located within the NCA. There are the BLM Winnemucca office in Winnemucca, Nevada and the BLM Surprise Valley office in Cedarville ...
Federal lands are lands in the United States owned and managed by the federal government. [1] Pursuant to the Property Clause of the United States Constitution ( Article 4 , section 3, clause 2), Congress has the power to retain, buy, sell, and regulate federal lands, such as by limiting cattle grazing on them.
A map that details the federal land in southern Nevada, showing the site. The site was established as a 680-square-mile (1,800 km 2) area by President Harry S. Truman on December 18, 1950, within the Nellis Air Force Gunnery and Bombing Range.
Map showing land owned by different federal government agencies. The yellow represents the Bureau of Land Management's holdings. Horses crossing a plain near the Simpson Park Wilderness Study Area in central Nevada, managed by the Battle Mountain BLM Field Office Snow-covered cliffs of Snake River Canyon, Idaho, managed by the Boise District of the BLM
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A map that details the federal land in southern Nevada, showing Nellis Air Force Base Complex and Nevada Test Site. Several United States Navy ships have been named USS Nevada in honor of the state. They include: Nevada (1865 screw frigate) USS Nevada; USS Nevada; USS Nevada; Area 51 is near Groom Lake, a dry salt lake bed.
This map was obtained from an edition of the National Atlas of the United States. Like almost all works of the U.S. federal government, works from the National Atlas are in the public domain in the United States. Online access: NationalAtlas.gov | 1970 print edition: Library of Congress, Perry-Castañeda Library