Clover Valley (Nevada)
| Clover Valley (Nevada) | |
| Valley | |
 View of Clover Valley, Nevada from Spruce Mountain | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| State | Nevada |
| Region | (north-central)-Great Basin |
| County | Elko |
| Borders on | East Humboldt Range-W Wells, NV-N (Snake Mountains-N) Wood Hills-NE Independence Valley-ESE Spruce Mountain (Nevada)-SSE U.S. 93 & Valley Mountain-SSW |
| City | Wells |
| Lake (intermittent) |
Snow Water Lake |
| Coordinates | 40°53′47″N 114°53′25″W / 40.89639°N 114.89028°W |
| Length | 37 mi (60 km), N-S |
| Width | 20 mi (32 km) |
  Clover Valley at Tobar (site)
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The Clover Valley of Nevada, is a 37-mile (60 km) long[1] valley located in central-southeast Elko County. Wells, Nevada lies at its north end, on I-80.
Clover Valley lies at the east flank of the mostly north-trending East Humboldt Range, which supplies numerous creeks to the north valley; the mountain forests supplying the water are a section of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. A slough exists in the north which drains south to intermittent Snow Water Lake.
Description
Clover Valley trends north-south. The Wood Hills lie along the northeast and eastern edge, to the southeast of Wells; Spruce Mountain is south-southeast.
Dissected lowlands or flatlands surround Snow Water Lake, which lies near the valley's center, except on its west at the East Humboldt Range foothills bordering the lake.
Access
U.S. Route 93 extends through the valley's west from Wells, south to the south terminus of the East Humboldt Range, at Warm Creek Ranch; Route 93 continues southeasterly to Currie in Goshute Valley. From the west, Nevada State Route 229 from north Ruby Valley connects to US 93 south of Warm Creek Ranch.
In the northwest, south of Wells, Nevada 232 follows the foothills west of the Slough region, where about fifteen creeks descend from the East Humboldt Range. All other interior valley regions are accessed by unimproved roads. The north perimeter of the valley is approximately where Interstate 80 travels east from Wells.
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<gallery widths="230px" heights="200px" perrow=widths="230px" heights="200px" perrow="2"> File:Wells, NV-750px.JPG|View southeast of Wood Hills from Wells </gallery> |
References
- ↑ Nevada, DeLorme Atlas & Gazetteer, pp. 32-33.