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Wild Horse Reservoir is a man-made lake in Elko County, Nevada in the United States.The reservoir was initially created in 1937 by the construction of Wild Horse Dam.In 1969, a new concrete single-angle arch dam was constructed by the United States Bureau of Reclamation for the Bureau of Indian Affairs with a height of 87 feet (27 m) and a length of 458 feet (140 m) at its crest.
Wild Horse State Recreation Area is a public recreation area located on the northeast shore of Wild Horse Reservoir, approximately 67 miles (108 km) north of Elko, Nevada. [3] The 120-acre (49 ha) park is a popular destination for fishing, and especially ice fishing , on the reservoir, which was created in 1937 and enlarged to cover 2,830 acres ...
Features a 32-acre (13 ha) reservoir in the northern Schell Creek Range. Dayton State Park: Lyon: 152 62: 4,360 1,330: 1977: Features a stretch of the Carson River and the site of an 1861 mill built to process silver ore from the Comstock Lode. Echo Canyon State Park: Lincoln: 1,055 427: 5,348 1,630: 1970: Adjoins a 65-acre (26 ha) reservoir ...
The Duck Valley Reservation is composed of 289,819 acres (117,286 ha) held in trust by the United States government for the use and occupancy of the Shoshone-Paiute tribes. Included in the total acreage of the reservation are 22,231 acres (8,997 ha) of wetlands. Wild Horse Reservoir was constructed in 1936 for the Duck Valley Irrigation Project.
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Wild Horse has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate, abbreviated "Dsb" on climate maps.The hottest temperature recorded in Wild Horse was 102 °F (38.9 °C) on July 23, 2003, while the coldest temperature recorded was −42 °F (−41.1 °C) on December 23, 1990 and February 3, 1996.
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Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Nevada. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3 ), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3 ).
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