The Clover Valley of

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, is a 37-mile (60 km) long valley located in central-southeast

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, Nevada lies at its north end, on

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. Clover Valley lies at the east flank of the mostly north-trending

East Humboldt Range The East Humboldt Range is a mountain range in Elko County, Nevada, United States. It is located along the eastern edge of the upper watershed of the Humboldt River, which flows to the southwest from its source just north of the range. The ra ...

, which supplies numerous creeks to the north valley; the mountain forests supplying the water are a section of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. A slough exists in the north which drains south to intermittent Snow Water Lake.

Description

Clover Valley trends north-south. The

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lie along the northeast and eastern edge, to the southeast of

; Spruce Mountain is south-southeast. Dissected lowlands or flatlands surround Snow Water Lake, which lies near the valley's center, except on its west at the East Humboldt Range foothills bordering the lake.

History

The first permanent settlement at Clover Valley was made in 1864. A station on the

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between Ventosa and

was named for a directional sign posted on the building pointing the way to the local bar. Crudely written it was read and assumed to be the location of TOBAR. A post office was established at the site as Clover City and changed to Tobar December 20, 1911 and renamed Clover City again December 11, 1918. Tobar again became active from January 18, 1921 until it was decommissioned September 17, 1942.

Access

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extends through the valley's west from Wells, south to the south terminus of the East Humboldt Range, at Warm Creek Ranch; Route 93 continues southeasterly to

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Goshute Valley The Goshute Valley is an endorheic landform of the Great Basin in Elko County, Nevada, United States. Description The towns of Oasis and Cobre are in the valley's north, and the central and north of the valley contains broken flatlands, with sho ...

. From the west,

Nevada State Route 229 State Route 229 (SR 229) is a state highway in Elko County, Nevada, United States. It is a routing from Interstate 80 around Halleck, heading south through Secret Pass, to where it meets ''Ruby Valley Road'' ( State Route 767). From there it ...

from north

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connects to US 93 south of Warm Creek Ranch. In the northwest, south of Wells,

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follows the foothills west of the Slough region, where about fifteen creeks descend from the East Humboldt Range. All other interior valley regions are accessed by unimproved roads. The north perimeter of the valley is approximately where

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travels east from Wells. File:Wells, NV-750px.JPG, View southeast of

from Wells

References

External links

{{commons category, Clover Valley
Tobar (Historical Site), geodata.us (coordinates)
Valleys of Elko County, Nevada Valleys of Nevada