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Map of the Las Vegas ground-water basin, Clark, Nye, and Lincoln Counties, Nevada, 1965

Date

1965

Description

At top of map: 'United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. Water-supply paper 1780, plate 1.' At bottom of map: 'Base from Army Map Service sheets NJ 11-9, NJ 11-12, and NI 11-3 (1947).' 'Boundary between bedrock and alluvium in Clark County, Nev., compiled by Ben Boyer, E. H. Pampeyan and C. R. Longwell. In Lincoln and Nye Counties, contact determined from aerial photographs.' 'Interior--Geological Survey, Washington, D.C.--1965--W63358.' Includes township and range lines.Relief shown by contours. Thematic map. Scale 1:250,000 (W 116°--W 114°45´/N 37°00´--N 35°30´). Series: Water-supply paper (Washington, D.C.), 1780. Originally published as plate 1 of Available water supply of the Las Vegas ground-water basin, Nevada, by Glenn T. Malmberg, published by the Geological Survey in 1965 as its Water-supply paper 1780.

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Water overtakes "No Parking" signs along a Lake Mead shoreline, looking northeast in Lake Mead, Nevada: photographic slide

Date

1983-08

Description

This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.

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Water overtakes "No Parking" signs along a Lake Mead shoreline, looking northeast in Lake Mead, Nevada: photographic slide

Date

1983-08

Description

This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.

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Negative: Las Vegas Land and Water Company, approximately 1900-1915

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Charles P. Squires Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00002
Collection Name: Charles P. Squires Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box SH-014

Archival Component

Environmental Protection Agency. Clean Water. Contains correspondence, 1979 June

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Cannon Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00002
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Papers
Box/Folder: Box 46 (96th Session)

Archival Component

Water (Colorado River). Contains correspondence, 1970 January to 1970 February

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Cannon Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00002
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Papers
Box/Folder: Box 70 (91st Session)

Archival Component

Department of Interior - Land and Water Conservation, 1978 March to 1978 December

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Cannon Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00002
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Papers
Box/Folder: Box 14 (95th Session)

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People in a boat fishing in the waters at Lake Mead, approximately 1940-1959

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00100
Collection Name: L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box 06

Archival Component

People in a boat fishing in the waters at Lake Mead, approximately 1940-1959

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00100
Collection Name: L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box 06

Archival Component

Water Leakage from Artesian Wells for Las Vegas Project, 1938

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

John Wittwer Collection on Agriculture in Nevada
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Collection Number: MS-00181
Collection Name: John Wittwer Collection on Agriculture in Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 06

Archival Component