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5 unusual facts about Lake Mead


Berkeley L. Bunker

Born in what was then St. Thomas, Clark County, Nevada (now a northern arm of Lake Mead), he attended public schools, graduating from Clark County High School in 1926.

Immensité

The music video was shot at the Lake Mead, on the 5th and 6 April 2007 and premiered on May 14, 2007.

Lorna Kesterson

U.S. President Harry S. Truman awarded her the Red Cross Certification of Merit in 1947 for rescuing a boy scout from California who was drowning in Lake Mead.

Theodore Roosevelt Lake

Located roughly 80 miles (130 km) northeast of Phoenix in the Salt River Valley, Theodore Roosevelt is the largest lake or reservoir located entirely within the state of Arizona (Lake Mead and Lake Powell are larger but both are located partially within the neighboring states of Nevada and Utah respectively).

Tronox

It eventually leaked perchlorate (used in rocket fuel) into the water table, which subsequently contaminated Lake Mead and the Colorado River, which supply water to millions of people.


JumpStart Adventures 5th Grade: Jo Hammet, Kid Detective

Also note there is a character named Maggie Mead, after Lake Mead or possibly Margaret Mead.

Lake Mead National Recreation Area

It includes all of the eponymous Lake Mead as well as the smaller Lake Mohavereservoirs on the river created by Hoover Dam and Davis Dam, respectively – and the surrounding desert terrain and wilderness.

Risks to the Glen Canyon Dam

If water level then drops, it may lower below the penstock openings, which are higher up on the dam face, then the release capacity of the dam drops to zero, and the Colorado River below the dam could remain dry until the next major spring inflow, and only springs, seeps and tributaries such as the Paria, Little Colorado and Virgin River would replenish its flow during these times, perhaps causing unprecedented drops in levels of Lake Mead as well.


see also

Callville

Callville, Nevada, US; a former settlement, now submerged under Lake Mead

Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Three of the four desert ecosystems found in the United States — the Mojave Desert, the Great Basin Desert, and the Sonoran Desert — meet in Lake Mead NRA.

Sandia Base

The other original NSS installations similar to Manzano were: Site Baker at Killeen Base, adjacent to Gray Air Force Base and Fort Hood, Texas; Site Charlie at Campbell Air Force Base and adjacent to Fort Campbell (Tennessee and Kentucky); Site Dog at Bossier Base, adjacent to Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana; Lake Mead Base, adjacent to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and Medina Base, adjacent to Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.