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The Nevada Enhanced HMP references the following plans and documents:
7.1
REFERENCES
7.1.1 State Documents
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(2006). Course of Study Reports for Nevada's Extreme Wildfire Hazard
Communities. University of Nevada Cooperative Extension and BLM.
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C. dePolo, L. Jones, D. dePolo, S. Tingley. (2010). Living with Earthquakes in
Nevada. Bureau of Mines and Geology. http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/sp27.pdf

C. dePolo. (February 16, 2001). Nevada Earthquake Risk Mitigation Plan.
Nevada Earthquake Safety Council

Craig dePolo, Alan Ramelli, and Diane dePolo, (February 2006). Earthquakes
in Nevada: and how to survive them, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology,
Nevada Seismological Laboratory, and Nevada Division of Emergency
Management. http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/e16.pdf

Dimensions Unlimited, Nevada Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee. (2004).
State of Nevada Standard Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan. Nevada Division of
Emergency Management.

Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects: Office of the Governor. (November 17,
2003). State of Nevada comments on the Draft Rail Topic Group Paper Rail
Routing Selection – Current Practices and Alternative Approaches for Spent
Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Waste.
http://www.state.nv.us/nucwaste/news2003/pdf/nv031117rail.pdf
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FEMA. (August 1977). Interagency Hazard Mitigation Team Report: In Response
to the July 20, 1999 Presidential Disaster Declaration FEMA-1281-DR-NV Flash
Flooding in Clark County.
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J. Rigby, J. Crompton, K. Berry, U. Yildirim, S. Hickman and D. Davis. (1998).
The 1997 New Year's Floods in Western Nevada: Special Publication 23. U.S.
Geological Survey, University of Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology.
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J. Price. (2006). 2006 Biennial Report. Bureau of Mines and Geology.
http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/of0620.pdf
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Nevada Division of Emergency Management. (Jul 2006). Nevada State Hazard
Mitigation Administrative (404) Plan. Nevada Division of Emergency Management
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Nevada Division of Environmental Protection. (May 25, 2005). State of Nevada
Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Plan. Nevada Division of
Environmental Protection.
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Nevada Division of Water Resources. (2003). State of Nevada Drought Plan.
Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Division of Water
Resources.
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Nevada Earthquake Safety Council. (February 24, 2000). Strategic Plan for
Earthquake Safety in Nevada. Nevada Earthquake Safety Council.
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Nevada Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee. (2007) State of Nevada
Standard Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan. Nevada Division of Emergency Services.
7.1.2 Local Jurisdiction Documents
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AMEC, A. Kenneston and the Washoe County Hazard Mitigation Planning Team
(2010). Washoe County Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan. Washoe County Office of
Emergency Management.
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Carson City Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee. (2011). Carson City Hazard
Mitigation Plan. Carson City Office of Emergency Management.
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Churchill County Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee. (2012). Churchill County
Hazard Mitigation Plan. Churchill County.
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Clark County Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee. (2012). Clark County
Hazard Mitigation Plan. Clark County.
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Clark County, Boulder City, North Las Vegas, City of Las Vegas, City of Mesquite,
City of Henderson. (2007). 2007 Southern Nevada Building Code Amendments.
Clark County.
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Clark County Regional Flood Control District. (2006). Regional Flood Control
District Annual Report 2005/06. Clark County Regional Flood Control District.
http://www.ccrfcd.org/pi_annualreports.htm
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Dimensions Unlimited, G. Dunn and City of Sparks Hazard Mitigation Team.
(2006). City of Sparks Office of Emergency Management.
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Dimensions Unlimited. (2006). Truckee Meadows Water Authority Hazard
Mitigation Plan. Truckee Meadows Water Authority Emergency Management.
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Douglas County Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee. (2013). Douglas County
Hazard Mitigation Plan. Douglas County.
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Duck Valley Shoshone-Paiute Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee. (2011).
Duck Valley Shoshone-Paiute Hazard Mitigation Plan. Duck Valley ShoshonePaiute.
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Elko County Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee. (2008). Elko County Hazard
Mitigation Plan. Elko County.
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Emergency and Environmental Response Solutions, Douglas County Natural
Hazard Planning Committee. (2008) Douglas County Nevada Natural Hazard
Disaster Mitigation Action Plan. Douglas County Office of Emergency
Management.
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Esmeralda County Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee. (2011). Esmeralda
County Hazard Mitigation. Esmeralda County.

Eureka County Yucca Mountain Existing Transportation Corridor Impact
Assessment Report. September 2005
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Lincoln County Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee. (2012). Lincoln County
Hazard Mitigation Plan. Lincoln County.
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Marty Scheuremann and City of Reno Hazard Mitigation Planning Team. (2005).
Reno Office of Emergency Management.
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Mineral County Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee. (2012). Mineral County
Hazard Mitigation Plan. Mineral County.
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Nye County Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee. (2011). Nye County Hazard
Mitigation Plan. Nye County.
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Pyramid Lake Paiute Hazard Planning Committee. (2011). Pyramid Lake Paiute
Hazard Mitigation Plan. Pyramid Lake Paiute.
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RCI Concepts, (2005). Nevada Community Risk/Hazard Assessment Project.
Nevada Fire Safe Council. http://www.rci-nv.com/reports.asp.
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Reno-Sparks Indian Colony Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee. (2011).
Reno-Sparks Indian Colony Hazard Mitigation Plan. Reno-Sparks Indian Colony.
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Schlosser, W.E., T.R. King, L.W. Manning, B.L. Hunter. (2006). Duck Valley
Indian Reservation Multi-Hazard s Mitigation Plan.
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Storey County Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee. (2009). Storey County
Hazard Mitigation Plan. Storey County.
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TeMoak Tribal Council – Elko Band Council Hazard Mitigation Planning
Committee. (2011). Elko Band Council Hazard Mitigation Plan. Elko Band
Council.
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URS, Esmeralda County Hazard Mitigation Planning Team (2010). Esmeralda
County, NV, Local Hazard Mitigation Plan. Esmeralda County Office of
Emergency Management.
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URS, Storey County Steering Committee (2009). Storey County Hazard
Mitigation Plan. Storey County Office of Emergency Management.
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URS, Elko County Steering Committee (2008). Elko County Multi-Jurisdictional
Hazard Mitigation Plan. Elko County Office of Emergency Management.
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URS Corp. and Lincoln County Hazard Mitigation Planning Team. (2006). Lincoln
County Hazard Mitigation Plan. Lincoln County Office of Emergency
Management
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URS Corp and Nye County Hazard Mitigation Planning Team (2006). Nye County
Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan. Nye County Office of Emergency Management.
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URS Corp., Clark County Hazard Mitigation Planning Team. (2007). Clark County
Hazard Mitigation Plan. Clark County Office of Emergency Management.
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Washoe County Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee. (2010). Washoe County
Hazard Mitigation Plan. Washoe County.

Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California Environmental Protection Department.
(2009). Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California Multi-Jurisdictional: Carson
Colony Council, Dresslerville Community Council, Stewart Community Council
and Woodfords Community Council Hazard Mitigation Plan. Washoe Tribe of
Nevada and California Environmental Protection Department.
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Western Governor Association’s: A Collaborative Approach for Reducing
Wildland Fire Risks to Communities and the Environment - 10-Year Strategy,
Implementation Plan. (2006)
7.1.3 Other Documents

Arizona Division of Emergency Management. (2004). All Hazard Mitigation Plan.
Arizona Division of Emergency Management.
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Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service A History of
Soil Survey in Nevada
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Department of Agriculture Plant Health and Inspection Services Emergency
Program Manual:

Department of Energy: Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project The
Nevada Railroad System: Physical, Operational, and Accident Characteristics
September 1991
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FEMA. 2001. How-To Guide #2: Understanding Your Risks – Identifying Hazards
and Estimating Loss Potential. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal
Emergency Management Agency. FEMA 386-2. http://www.fema.gov/hazardmitigation-planning-resources#1
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FEMA. 2002c. How-To Guide #1: Getting Started: Building Support For Mitigation
Planning. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency
Management Agency. FEMA 386-1. http://www.fema.gov/hazard-mitigationplanning-resources#1
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FEMA. 2003. How-To Guide #7: Integrating Manmade Hazards Into Mitigation
Planning. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency
Management Agency. FEMA 386-7. http://www.fema.gov/hazard-mitigationplanning-resources#1
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FEMA. 2002e. 44 CFR Parts 201 and 206, RIN 3067-AD22, Hazard Mitigation
Planning and Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, Interim Final Rule. In Federal
Register 67, no. 190. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal
Emergency Management Agency. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2012title44-vol1/pdf/CFR-2012-title44-vol1-part201.pdf and
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2012-title44-vol1/pdf/CFR-2012-title44-vol1part206.pdf
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FEMA. 2003a. How-To Guide #3: Developing The Mitigation Plan; Identifying
Mitigation Actions And Implementing Strategies. U.S. Department of Homeland
Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA 386-3.
http://www.fema.gov/hazard-mitigation-planning-resources#1
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FEMA. 2003b. How-To Guide #4: Bringing the Plan to Life: Implementing the
Hazard Mitigation Plan. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal
Emergency Management Agency. FEMA 386-4. http://www.fema.gov/hazardmitigation-planning-resources#1
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Jonathan Overpeck, Gregg Garfin, Angela Jardine, Dave Busch, Dan Cayan,
Michael Dettinger, Erica Fleishman, Alexander Gershunov, Glen MacDonald,
Kelly Redmond William Travis, and Bradley Udall, 2012. Chapter 1: Summary for
Decision Makers. In: Assessment of Climate Change in the Southwest United
States: a Technical Report Prepared for the U.S. National Climate Assessment. A
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report by the Southwest Climate Alliance [Gregg Garfin, Angela Jardine, Robert
Merideth, Mary Black, and Jonathan Overpeck (eds.)]. Tucson, AZ: Southwest
Climate Alliance. June 2012 Southwest Climate Summit Draft. Available online at:
http://www.swcsc.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/SWCA_Decision_Makers.pdf
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Steinbrugge, K.V., and Moran, D.F., 1956, Damage caused by the earthquakes
of July 6 and August 23, 1954: Bulletin of the. Seismological Society of America,
v. 46, p. 15–33.

United States Census Bureau. American Fact Finder Fact Sheet.
http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml
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United States Drought Monitor. http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/

Virginia Department of Emergency Management. (2004).Virginia Department of
Emergency Management The Commonwealth of Virginia Emergency Operations
Plan, Support Annex 3 – Standard & Enhanced Hazard Mitigation Plan.

Hess, R., and dePolo, C.M., 2006, Loss-estimation modeling of earthquake
scenarios for each county in Nevada using HAZUS-MH: Nevada Bureau of
Mines and Geology Open-File Report 06-1, 517 p.,
http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/of061/of061.htm
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Price, J.G., Hastings, J.T., and Arritt, C.M., 2007a, Assessment of risks and
vulnerability to earthquake hazards in Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and
Geology Open-File Report 07-1, 8 p., with links to plates,
http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/of071.pdf
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Price, J.G., Hastings, J.T., and Arritt, C.M., 2007b, Assessment of risks and
vulnerability to flood hazards in Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and
Geology Open-File Report 07-2, 6 p., with links to plates,
http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/of072.pdf
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Ballard, C.M., Johnson, G., and Hastings, J.T., 2009, Nevada statewide HAZUS
database update: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 09-7,
3 p., with links to updated files, http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/of097/of097.pdf

Hastings, J.T., Goar, L.D., Armeno, H., Johnson, G., dePolo, C.M., Hess,
R.H., and Price, J.G., Johnson, G., Ballard, C.M., Armeno, H., Seeley, I.,
Goar, L.D., dePolo, C.M., and Hastings, J.T., 2009, Estimated losses from
earthquakes near Nevada communities: Nevada Bureau of Mines and
Geology Open-File Report 09-8, 46 p., with links to 485 20-page HAZUS
summary reports,
http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/of098/Scenarios/OpenFileReport09-8.pdf
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Price, J.G., Johnson, G., and Hastings, J.T., 2010, Updated Assessment of Risks
and Vulnerability to Flood Hazards in Nevada, Nevada Bureau of Mines and
Geology Open-File Report 10-3, http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/of103/_docs/of103.pdf

Price, J.G., Johnson, G., Biasi, G., Bausch, D., and Wong, I.G., 2011,
Comparison of loss-estimation modeling using HAZUS with ground-motion
input from ShakeMap versus default values, Nevada Bureau of Mines and
Geology Open-File Report 11-1, 24 p.,
http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/of111.pdf
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Seelye, I.M., Johnson, G.L., Richardson, M.T., dePolo, C.M., Faulds, J.E.,
Price, J.G., Goar, L.D., Ballard, C.M., Armeno, H., and Hastings, J.T., 2013.
Updated estimated losses from earthquakes near Nevada communities.
Open-File Report 13-1. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Open-File
Report 13-1. http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/of133/of13-1.pdf

Seelye, I.M., Johnson, G.L., Price, J.G., and Hastings, J.T., 2013. Updated
assessment of risks and vulnerability to flood hazards in Nevada. Open-File
Report 13-3. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Open-File Report 13-3.
http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/of133/of13-3.pdf
Sources of the flood history data presented in Tables 3-13 and 3-14 of Section 3 are
listed here:
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Brian F. O’Hara, Gary E. Barbato, John W. James, Heather A. Angeloff, Tom
Cylke, 2007, Weather and Climate of the Reno-Carson City-Lake Tahoe Region,
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special Publication 34
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Clark County Regional Flood Control District website: http://www.ccrfcd.org/

Clark County Regional Flood Control District and website documents major
flooding between 1997 and present: http://www.ccrfcd.org/

Clark County Regional Flood Control District data, earlier:
http://gustfront.ccrfcd.org/FileLibrary2/FileLibrary.aspx
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FEMA definitions: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2008/octqtr/pdf/44cfr59.1.pdf

Flood Hazard Analyses: Las Vegas Wash and Tributaries—Clark County,
Nevada from 1905 to 1975.

Flood Chronology of the Carson River Basin, California and Nevada, Nevada
was developed jointly by Nevada's Floodplain Management Program of the
Nevada Division of Water Resources (NDWR) and the U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS) within the U.S. Department of the Interior, with the support of the Federal
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Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). These data are available at this link:
http://nevada.usgs.gov/crfld/
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Humboldt River Chronology – NV Division of Water Resources website, pdf file.
Pre-1900: http://water.nv.gov/mapping/chronologies/humboldt/hrc-pt2.pdf
1900-2000: http://water.nv.gov/mapping/chronologies/humboldt/hrc-pt3.pdf

Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special Publication 34, “Weather and
Climate of the Reno-Carson City-Lake Tahoe Region,” published in 2007,
documents both major historical floods along rivers in western Nevada., as well
as significant flash floods, related landslides, and debris flows that have occurred
in the Reno-Carson City-Lake Tahoe Region.
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Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology (NBMG) Special Publication 23 (published
in 1998) describes the effects of the 1997 New Year’s floods in western Nevada
on the Carson, Truckee, and Walker Rivers, and includes a section on previous
flood history.
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Special report by the U.S. Soil Conservation Service entitled History of Flooding,
Clark County, Nevada 1905-1975.
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United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, in
cooperation with Clark County Conservation District, City and County Entities of
Clark County, Nevada, and Nevada Division of Water Resources, 1977, Flood
Hazard Analyses, Las Vegas Wash and Tributaries, Clark County, Nevada:
Special Report. History of Flooding, Clark County, Nevada, 1905-1975. Online at:
http://gustfront.ccrfcd.org/pdf_arch1/Flood%20Event%20Reports/History%20of%
20Flooding.pdf
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USGS information circular entitled Flooding in Clark and Lincoln Counties,
Nevada, December 2004 and January 2005, which is available online at this link:
ftp://ftpfc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NV/web/partnerships/meadowValleyReviewTeam/2005%20
Floods%20Clark%20Lincoln%20USGS.pdf
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USGS Fact Sheet 036-01, Flooding in the Amargosa River Drainage Basin,
February 23-24, 1998, Southern Nevada and Eastern California, including the
Nevada Test Site http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs-036-01/text/fs03601.htm

U.S. Soil Conservation Special Report entitled History of flooding, Clark County,
Nevada 1905-1975., This report documents 184 different flooding events that
resulted in damage to private property and public facilities. Since 1960, the area
has experienced at least 11 floods costing more than a million dollars each. In
that same period, 31 lives were lost in 21 separate flash flood events.
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http://gustfront.ccrfcd.org/pdf_arch1/Flood%20Event%20Reports/History%20of%
20Flooding.pdf
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U.S. Geological Survey 1963b, USGS Chronology of the Humboldt River.
OTHER IMPORTANT LINKS
 Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering http://www.unr.edu/geology

Earth Science News and Maps http://geology.com/

Living with Earthquakes in NV
http://www.seismo.unr.edu/Files/Preparedness/nvguide_2010.pdf

Living with Fire http://www.livingwithfire.info/
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National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration www.noaa.gov
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Nevada Dam Safety http://water.nv.gov/Engineering/Dams/Safety/damsafety.htm

Nevada Division of Emergency Management http://dem.nv.gov/

Nevada Earthquake Safety Council http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/nesc/index.html

Nevada Fire Safe Council http://www.nvfsc.org/

Nevada Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee
http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/nhmpc/nhmpc.htm

Nevada Quick Facts from the US Census Bureau
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/32000.html

Nevada Seismological Laboratory http://www.seismo.unr.edu/

Plan Ahead Nevada
http://dps.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/dpsnvgov/content/Citizen/evacuationguide_PAN.
pdf

Southern Nevada Health District http://www.southernnevadahealthdistrict.org/

Tahoe Research, Scholarship & Outreach http://www.tahoe.unr.edu/

USGS Nevada Aquifer Basics
http://capp.water.usgs.gov/aquiferBasics/ext_snvrock.html

Washoe County District Health Department http://www.washoecounty.us/health/
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Western Great Basin Coordination Center http://gacc.nifc.gov/wgbc/
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