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A two-page bill signed into law by the Nevada Governor Grant Sawyer on March 23, 1959, authorized establishment of the Desert Research Institute at the University of Nevada, Reno. [ 1 ] [ 6 ] UNR hired Dr. Wendell Mordy as the Founding Director (1960–1969) of the University's Desert Research Institute, which initially was an office at the top ...
As the mining boom waned early in the 20th century, Nevada's centers of political and business activity shifted to the nonmining communities, especially Reno and Las Vegas. Nevada is still the third-largest gold producer in the world, after South Africa and Australia; the state yielded 6.9% of the world's supply in 2005 world gold production. [14]
Köppen climate types of Nevada, using 1991-2020 climate normals.. Nevada is the driest state in the United States. [3] It is made up of mostly desert and semi-arid climate regions, and, with the exception of the Las Vegas Valley, the average summer diurnal temperature range approaches 40 °F (22 °C) in much of the state.
Mesquite is a city located in the northeast corner of Clark County, Nevada, United States adjacent to the Arizona state line and 80 miles (130 km) northeast of Las Vegas on Interstate 15. As of the 2020 census , the city had a population of 20,471. [ 5 ]
It is a major thoroughfare for traffic between San Diego and the Inland Empire, as well as between Southern California, Las Vegas, Nevada, and the Intermountain West. South of its junction at I-8 in San Diego, the highway becomes SR 15, extending 6.13 miles (9.87 km) [ 1 ] to I-5 , about 12 miles (19 km) from the Mexico–United States border .
Serves Cave Lake State Park; MP is approximate, based on distance from MP 46.00 [11] Majors Place: 65.4: 105.3: US 93 south – Pioche, Las Vegas: Eastern end of US 93 concurrency; MP is approximate, based on distance to SR-893 below 66.80: 107.50: SR 893 north (Spring Valley Road) – Spring Valley [12] [3]: 33 93: 150: SR 487 south (Baker ...
I-8 on the Mission Valley East–Grantville, San Diego neighborhood line I-215 in Murrieta I-10 in Ontario I-215 near San Bernardino US 395 in Hesperia I-40 in Barstow Nevada I-215 in Enterprise I-11 / US 93 / US 95 in Las Vegas. I-15/US 93 travels concurrently to northeast of North Las Vegas. Arizona No major intersections Utah I-70 south ...
Western end of US 6 concurrency; mileposts reflect distance along US 6: Majors Place: 63.483 [61] 102.166: US 93 south – Las Vegas: Eastern end of US 93 concurrency 65.6 [67] 105.6: Spring Valley Road (SR 893 north) 93.824 [61] 150.995: SR 487 east – Baker, Lehman Caves, Great Basin National Park: Border: 101.331 [1] 163.076: US 6 east / US ...