Jackass Flats, Nevada
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Jackass Flats is a shallow alluvial basin located in the southwest portion of the Nevada National Security Site in
Nye County, Nevada Nye County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 51,591. Its county seat is Tonopah, Nevada, Tonopah. At , Nye is Nevada's largest county by area ...
, United States. The area lies east of Yucca Mountain, south of the Calico Hills and Shoshone Mountain and northwest of Skull Mountain. The valley drains to the southwest via the Tonopah and Fortymile washes into the
Amargosa Valley The Amargosa Valley is the valley through which the Amargosa River flows south, in Nye County, southwestern Nevada and Inyo County in the state of California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies ...
across US Route 95 at the town of Amargosa Valley, Nevada. The "flat" covers an area of approximately and ranges in elevation from about just north of US 95 to at the mountain bases to the north and east.''Beatty, Nevada–California,'' 30x60 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1986 It is located mostly within Area 25 and extends into Area 14 and Area 26. It was the test site of nuclear-powered rocket engines during project Project Rover and
NERVA Nerva (; born Marcus Cocceius Nerva; 8 November 30 – 27 January 98) was a Roman emperor from 96 to 98. Nerva became emperor when aged almost 66, after a lifetime of imperial service under Nero and the succeeding rulers of the Flavian dynast ...
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Nevada Test Site Landforms of Nye County, Nevada Basins of Nevada {{NyeCountyNV-geo-stub