U.S. Geological Survey
Fact Sheet 094-01
Table 1. Areas of pesticide monitoring by Nevada Department of Agriculture and principal land use in Nevada.
|
Area no. |
Geographic area |
Hydrographic area1 |
Actual and |
Principal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Amargosa Valley (Nye County) |
Amargosa Desert |
1995, 2001 |
Forage, grains |
|
2 |
Carson Valley (Douglas County) |
Carson Valley |
2002 |
Forage, urban |
|
3 |
Diamond Valley (Eureka County) |
Diamond Valley |
1998 |
Forage, grains |
|
4 |
Dixie Valley (Churchill County) |
Dixie Valley |
1997 |
Forage, grains |
|
5 |
Fallon (Churchill County) |
Carson Desert |
1999 |
Forage, grains |
|
6 |
Fish Lake Valley (Esmeralda County) |
Fish Lake Valley |
1996 |
Alfalfa, grains |
|
7 |
Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation (Humboldt County) |
Quinn River Valley, McDermitt Subarea |
1995 |
Potatoes, forage |
|
8 |
Kings River Ranchn (Humboldt County) |
Little Humboldt |
1995 |
Potatoes, forage |
|
9 |
Las Vegas (Clark County) |
Las Vegas Valley |
1998-2001 |
Urban, forage |
|
10 |
Lovelock (Pershing County) |
Lovelock Valley |
1997 |
Alfalfa seed, forage |
|
11 |
Mason Valley (Lyon County) |
Mason Valley |
1993 |
Onions, garlic |
|
12 |
Moapa (Clark County) |
Lower Meadow Valley Wash |
1999-2001 |
Forage, grains |
|
13 |
Orovada2 (Humboldt County) |
Quinn River Valley, Orovada Subarea |
1994, |
Alfalfa seed, potatoes |
|
14 |
Pahrump (Nye County) |
Pahrump Valley |
2001 |
Forage, grains |
|
15 |
Paradise Valley (Humboldt County) |
Paradise Valley |
1995 |
Potatoes, forage |
|
16 |
Reno (Washoe County) |
Truckee Meadows |
2000-2001 |
Urban, forage |
|
17 |
Silver State Valley (Humboldt County) |
Silver State Valley |
1994 |
Potatoes, forage |
|
18 |
Smith Valley (Lyon County) |
Smith Valley |
2002 |
Onions, garlic |
|
19 |
Winnemucca (Humboldt County) |
Winnemucca Segment |
1995 |
Potatoes, forage |
|
20 |
Winnemucca Farms (Humboldt County) |
Paradise Valley |
1994-1995 |
Potatoes, forage |
1 Formal hydrographic areas in Nevada (Rush, 1968; Cardinalli and others,
1968).
2 In 1997, three shallow ground-water monitoring wells were installed by the USGS.