Class III Cultural Resources Survey for a Systems Pad at P-56 on the Nevada Test and Training Range, Nye County, Nevada

Part of the Nellis Air Force Base (DRAFT) project

Author(s): Lonnie C. Pippin

Year: 2012

Summary

The U. S. Air Force proposes to build facility pad P-56 on the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR), Nye County, Nevada (Figures 1 and 2). The gravel facility pad wIII be approximately 107 x 107 m (350 ft x 350 ft) in size and connected to the nearest existing gravel road, named Perimeter Road, by a 5.5 m (18 ft) wide and 1.6 km (5,100 ft) long graded access road. The Nellis Air Force Base Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan was referenced as a guide. The Area of Potential Effect (APE) is 123 acres. Generators will be used to power the facilities placed on this pad and no connecting utility lines are currently proposed. A pedestrian survey with a maximum transect width of 100 feet was conducted of the Area of Potential Effect. Site 26Ny14636, a short term lithic scatter without diagnostics, and one isolated artifact were found.

Cite this Record

Class III Cultural Resources Survey for a Systems Pad at P-56 on the Nevada Test and Training Range, Nye County, Nevada. Lonnie C. Pippin. Desert Research Institute. 2012 ( tDAR id: 455921) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8455921

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Spatial Coverage

min long: -117.728; min lat: 36.054 ; max long: -114.082; max lat: 38.36 ;

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Record Identifiers

Report No.(s): SR041911-1

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