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Fallon National Wildlife Refuge

Fallon National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge of the United States located in western Nevada. It was established in 1931 as a refuge and breeding ground for birds and other wild animals.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

National Wildlife Refuge 18,047 acres USFWS NV

Official page at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ↗

Photo by Susan Sawyer/USFWS, in the public domain, from Wikimedia Commons.

Facts

Where each comes from ↓

Designation	National Wildlife Refuge
Managed by	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
State	Nevada
Size	18,047 acres
FWS region	Region 8
Center point	39.74° N, 118.62° W
Night sky	Very dark ground, a faint glow at most (Black Marble reading 37)

Boundary map

14 outlines

Boundary, simplified to about 0.005 degrees

The outline is the agency boundary simplified for display, so small parcels and inholdings may not show. The agency page has the authoritative map.

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →

The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Fallon Exp Stn, 21 miles from the center point at 3,965 feet, station USC00262780 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 5 inches a year. The dotted line is average snowfall, about 5 inches a year on the same inches scale.

Large units span more than one climate. The station stands in for the center point, and the outer parts of the boundary can be warmer or colder.

Explore

Nearby on the other atlases

National Register listings within 15 miles · 1 in all · Register Atlas

9.5 mi
Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity House ↗Reno, NV

Landmarks are listed first, then by distance from the boundary.

Guidebooks for Nevada

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Hiking Nevada
Bruce Grubbs, 2018
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Best Backpacking Trips in California and Nevada
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Best Hikes Reno and Lake Tahoe
Tracy Salcedo, 2019
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Reference

Questions people ask

How big is Fallon National Wildlife Refuge?

18,047 acres.

Source: How acreage is computed

Who manages Fallon National Wildlife Refuge?

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

What state is Fallon National Wildlife Refuge in?

Nevada.

Source: How states are assigned

How do I get to Fallon National Wildlife Refuge?

A point inside the boundary is at 39.742° N, 118.622° W. The official page carries directions and the office address.

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Are there historic places near Fallon National Wildlife Refuge?

The National Register has 1 listing within 15 miles, including Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity House.

Source: Register Atlas

Sources

Boundary, name: the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refuge boundary layer.
States and territories: computed by intersecting the boundary with Census state polygons and coarse outlines of the territories and outlying islands. A place is listed when it holds at least one percent of the area. A boundary that touches no outline is listed under the nearest one.
Acreage: geodesic area of the published polygon. The agency’s official acreage can differ where the boundary includes water, easements or inholdings.
Photograph: the image Wikidata records for this refuge (Q5432415), the item linked to its Wikipedia article. Author and license come from the file page on Wikimedia Commons.
Description: Fallon National Wildlife Refuge on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. The article was accepted because its title contains this unit’s name.
Campgrounds: the Campsite Atlas index of federal campgrounds, matched to this boundary at build time.
Night sky: NASA Black Marble (VIIRS, 2016 composite) sampled at zoom 6 around the center point.
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