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Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge

Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge of the United States in Nevada. It is located in the Lahontan Valley, near the community of Fallon, sixty miles east of Reno. It was established in 1949 and encompasses 79,570 acres (322.0 km2).

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Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge
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Facts

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DesignationNational Wildlife Refuge
Managed byU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
StateNevada
Size83,143 acres
FWS regionRegion 8
Center point39.62° N, 118.47° W
Night skyVery dark ground, a faint glow at most (Black Marble reading 28)

Boundary map

1 outline

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 →
Weather by month near Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge30°40°50°60°70°80°January: 0.51 inches of precipitationFebruary: 0.45 inches of precipitationMarch: 0.49 inches of precipitationApril: 0.49 inches of precipitationMay: 0.86 inches of precipitationJune: 0.41 inches of precipitationJuly: 0.14 inches of precipitationAugust: 0.09 inches of precipitationSeptember: 0.24 inches of precipitationOctober: 0.37 inches of precipitationNovember: 0.47 inches of precipitationDecember: 0.42 inches of precipitationJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 34.2°F averageFebruary: 38.9°F averageMarch: 45.8°F averageApril: 51.1°F averageMay: 59.8°F averageJune: 68.9°F averageJuly: 77.2°F averageAugust: 74.7°F averageSeptember: 66.2°F averageOctober: 53.3°F averageNovember: 41.3°F averageDecember: 33.1°F average0 in0.5 in1 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Fallon Naas, 19 miles from the center point at 3,934 feet, station USW00093102 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 5 inches a year.

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 · 9 in all · Register Atlas

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

Guidebooks for Nevada

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    Bruce Grubbs, 2018
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    Mike White and Douglas Lorain, 2015
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    Tracy Salcedo, 2019
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Reference

Questions people ask

How big is Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge?

83,143 acres.

Source: How acreage is computed

Who manages Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge?

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

What state is Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge in?

Nevada.

Source: How states are assigned

How do I get to Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge?

A point inside the boundary is at 39.621° N, 118.465° W. The official page carries directions and the office address.

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Are there historic places near Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge?

The National Register has 9 listings within 15 miles, including Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity House and Oats Park Grammar School.

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 (Q7617298), the item linked to its Wikipedia article. Author and license come from the file page on Wikimedia Commons.
  • Description: Stillwater 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.
  • Weather, alerts, air quality, river flow and earthquakes load live in your browser from NWS, AirNow, USGS and iNaturalist when you open the page.