Smoke Creek Desert

Geobox|Desert
name = Smoke Creek Desert
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country = United States
state = Nevada
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district = Washoe County
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parent = Black Rock Desert
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location = lakebed/playa
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management = Bureau of Land Management
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public = Federal lands (including the playa) are open to the public with regulatory restrictions. Some private lands are in the region and are closed to the public.
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map_caption = location of Smoke Creek Desert in Nevada
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footnotes =The Smoke Creek Desert is found in northwestern Nevada in the United States [cite web | url=Gnis3|847489 | title=Smoke Creek Desert | work=Geographic Names Information System | publisher=United States Geological Survey | accessdate=2008-01-16 ] . The desert lies to the north of Pyramid Lake, west of the Fox Range and east of the Smoke Creek Mountains. The southern end of the desert lies on the Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation, and a rail line lies at the eastern edge. The Smoke Creek Desert leads into the Black Rock Desert playa at the northeastern end between the Granite Range and the Fox Range.

External links

* [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1176/ Geophysical Investigations of the Smoke Creek Desert and their Geologic Implications, Northwest Nevada and Northeast California] , USGS, 2006
* [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1197/ Gravity, Magnetic, and Physical Property Data in the Smoke Creek Desert Area, Northwest Nevada] , USGS, 2006
* [http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/geothermal/site.php?sid=smoke%20creek%20desert Smoke Creek Desert] , Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, 2005
* [http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/huc.cfm?huc_code=16040203 Smoke Creek Desert watershed] , EPA
* [http://www.canvocta.org/routes/route_NoblesTrail.html Nobles Trail] , California-Nevada chapter of the Oregon-California Trails Association

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