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Map showing ground-water chemistry and hydrochemical facies, Nevada Test Site and vicinity, southern Nevada, 1965

Date
1965
Description
'United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. Professional paper 712-C, plate 3.' 'Prepared on behalf of the Atomic Energy Commission.' 'Base from U.S. Geological Survey Caliente, Death Valley, Goldfield, and Las Vegas, 1954.' 'Hydrochemistry by I. J. Winograd, 1965.' 'Interior--Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia--1975.' Relief shown by contours. Contour interval 200 feet. Shows township and range lines. Scale 1:250,000 (W 117°--W 115°/N 38°--N 36°). Series: Professional paper (Geological Survey (U.S.))
712-C. Issued as plate 3 from U.S. Geological Survey professional paper 712-C, Hydrogeologic and hydrochemical framework, south-central Great Basin, Nevada-California, with special reference to the Nevada Test Site, by I.J. Winograd, and William Thordarson, published in 1975 by the U.S. Geological Survey.

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Die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika in 6 Blättern im Maassstabe von 1:3,700,000

Date
1882
Description
33 x 41 cm. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Prime meridian: Greenwich. Sheet 4 of a 6-sheet map. "Petermann: ver. st. v. am. bi. 4". "Stieler's Hand Atlas, No. 86." Binder's title of Hand Atlas über alle Thiele der Erde und über das Weltgebäude, which was published in 1879. In German. Library has only map of Arizona and parts of surrounding states and northern Mexico. Original publisher: Justus Perthes.

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Map of economic features, part of central New Mexico, May 7, 1877

Date
1877-05-07
Description

37 x 50 cm. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights "Atlas sheet no. 77(B)." "Issued May 7th 1877." "Expeditions of 1871 & 1786 under the command of 1st. Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army." "Weyss, Herman & Lang, del." "By order of the honorable the Secretary of War." "Under the direction of Brig. General A. A. Hunphreys, Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army." "2nd. Ed. June 30th, 1881." Original publisher: U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, Scale: 1 inch to 4 miles or 1: 253440.

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Blueprint showing proposed improvement of Las Vegas Springs, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 21, 1916

Date
1916-09-21
Description

'Exhibit A'. 'Approved Sept. 21, 1916.' '2-N-1719' handwritten in lower right corner. 'W.E.J."--Lower left corner. "L-44 - 50 to 61. T-75 - 17 & 46"--Upper left corner. Includes discharge figures and plans for improvements to springs. Scale [ca. 1:240]. 1 in. to 20 feet. -- Scale [ca. 1:2,400]. 1 in. to 200 ft. Vertical scale [ca. 1:48]. 1 in. to 4 feet. -- Scale [ca. 1:4,800]. 1 in. to 100 feet. 1 map. Contents: Detail at springs -- Profile -- Alignment.

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Map of Las Vegas Valley artesian basin, circa 1940

Date
1938 to 1942
Description
Scale [ca. 1:72,000. 1 in.=approx. 6,000 feet] (W 115°10´--W 115°/N 36°20´--N 36´). Shows wells, springs, boundary between valley fill and bedrock, and ground water district boundaries for Las Vegas Metropolitan Area and North Las Vegas. "Figure 1." Nevada. State Engineer

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Map of parts of southern Colorado and northern New Mexico, atlas sheet no. 70(A), 1877

Date
1877-05-07
Description
37 x 50 cm. Prime meridian: Washington, D.C. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. "Issued May 7th, 1877. 2nd ed., June 30th, 1881." "Atlas sheet no. 77(B)." "Expeditions of 1871 & 1786 under the command of 1st. Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army." "Weyss, Herman & Lang, del." Probably originally published as part of the geological atlas which is an appendix to the Surveys' Report upon United States geographical surveys west of the one hundredth meridian. Geological map. "Prof. John J. Stevenson, geological assistant." Original publisher: U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, Scale: 1 inch to 4 miles or 1: 253440.

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Plat of original townsite of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, November 25, 1927

Date
1927-11-25
Description

Subtitle: 'On N 1/2 of SW 1/4 section 27, T 20 S, R 61 E, M.D. Mer. showing cast iron water mains. Including location and distances of valves, fire hydrants, house connections, etc. Constructed by Las Vegas Land &Water Company. Construction completed Nov. 25-1927. Cast iron pipe system throughout made at Provo, Utah by Pacific States Cast Iron Pipe Company. R.N. Clark, Construction Engineer. Map and survey made by J.T. McWilliams, C.E., Las Vegas, Nev.' Map shows ownership of some parcels of land. Scale [ca. 1:960]. 1 inch to 80 feet. Blueline print. Plat map.

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Map showing general plan for the district boundary of Lateral Sanitary Sewer District No. 1, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1928

Date
1925 to 1932
Description
' Webster L. Benham, consuting engineer.' 'Sheet 1 of 13.' Scale [ca. 1:3,600. 1 inch to approximately 300 feet]. Blueprint. Plat map. Library's copy has various areas colored in with red pencil. City of Las Vegas.

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Map of part of North Central New Mexico atlas sheets 69(B), 69(D), 77(B) and 78(A), June 30, 1881

Date
1881-06-30
Description
39 x 52 cm. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights "Issued June 30, 1881." "Expeditions of 1873, 1878 and 1879 under the command of 1st. Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers U.S. Army." Geological map Probably originally published as part of the geological atlas which is an appendix to the Surveys' Report upon United States geographical surveys west of the one hundredth meridian. "Prof. John J. Stevenson, geological assistant." "By order of the honorable the Secretary of War under the direction of Brig. General A. A. Hunphreys, Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army." Original publisher: U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, Scale: 1 inch to 4 miles or 1: 253440.

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Map of Las Vegas artesian basin, Clark County, Nevada, April 1946 (Water Resources Bulletin no. 5, plate 5)

Date
1946-04
Description
'April, 1946.' 'Showing location of wells, springs, and boundary between valley fill and bedrock.' At top of map: 'United States Department of Interior, Geological Survey. Water resources bulletin no. 5, plate 5. ' 'State Engineer of Nevada.' At bottom of map: 'Map showing soils, land classification, and alkali concentration in part of Las Vegas Valley.' Includes range and township grid. Scale [ca. 1:71,597. 1 in. to approx. 1.13 miles]. Series: Water resources bulletin (Carson City, Nev.), no. 5. Originally published as plate 5 in Geology and water resources of Las Vegas, Pahrump, and Indian Spring Valleys, Clark and Nye Counties, Nevada by George B. Maxey and C.H. Jameson, which is number 5 of the Water resources bulletin published by the Nevada Office of the State Engineer.

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