Big Smoky Valley
| Big Smoky Valley | |
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 Aerial view of Big Smoky Valley looking north | |
  Location of Big Smoky Valley in Nevada | |
| Area | 4,960 sq mi (12,800 km2) [1] (watersheds' area) |
| Geography | |
| Location | saddle of drainage divide (south of the Hadley Airport) |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada |
| Region | Northern and Southern Big Smoky Valley watersheds |
| Coordinates | 38°39′52″N 117°10′16″W / 38.664436°N 117.171078°W |
Nevada Historical Marker | |
| Reference no. | 42[2] |
The Big Smoky Valley is a landform of the
. It is about 100 miles (160 km) in length.Big Smoky Valley was so named on account of haze which frequently settles there.[3] It is known by other names (some with different spellings): including Great Smoky Valley, Smokey Valley, Smoky Valley, Wen-A-No-Nu-Fee Valley, and Won-A-No-Nu-Fee Valley.[4] The U.S. Geological Survey usually refers to it as "Big Smoky Valley," but the chamber of commerce in the valley calls itself the Greater Smoky Valley Chamber of Commerce.
Approximately 2,500 people live in the valley, which has seven small communities. There is an
References
- ^ "Boundary Descriptions and Names of Regions, Subregions, Accounting Units and Cataloging Units". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
- ^ Nevada Historical Marker 42
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 40.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Smoky Valley
- ^ "South Twin River near Round Mountain, Nevada (Station 10249300)". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
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