Cactus Flat is one of the Central Nevada Desert Basins[3] in the Cactus-Sacrobatus Watershed, for which it is an eponym. The flat is the location of the Tonopah Test Range Airport and Tonopah Test Range, a component of the Nevada Test and Training Range used for weapons testing since the 1950s.[4] The flat is also the site of the 615 sq mi (1,590 km2) Nevada Wild Horse Range of the Nellis Air Force Range.[5]
The Kawich Range lies to the northeast and the Cactus Range to the southwest. Jack Rabbit Knob is 11.5 km (7.1 mi) east of Antelope Lake playa in Cactus Flat.[6]
Cactus Flat has three cactus types (Beavertail cactus, Calico cactus and Barrel cactus).[1]: 66
^ abCarlson, Helen S. Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary. p. 225. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
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^"Boundary Descriptions and Names of Regions, Subregions, Accounting Units and Cataloging Units". USGS.gov. Retrieved 2010-05-16. Central Nevada Desert Basin
^"Final Environmental Assessment for Sanitary Landfill Expansion of the Tonopah Test Range, Nye County, Nevada" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-29. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
^"Nevada Wild Horse Range-Clark, Lincoln, and Nye Counties, Nevada" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
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