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Mount Owen Rifle Range

(Hammer Field Rifle Range)

Property Description : The 1,654.43-acre site is located in Fresno County, approximately six miles northeast of Clovis, California. The site is currently used as a pasture. Access is restricted by a locked gate and barbed wire fence at the southern boundary of the property.

Property History : Between 1942 and 1944, the Army acquired six leaseholds of 1,654.43 acres and two licenses for water pipeline right-of-way for use as a rifle range. The site was declared surplus by the War Department in 1946. Mt. Campbell and the Mt. Owen ranges may have been used for rocket testing as well as for small arms firing. The site is located in Fresno County, approximately six miles northeast of Clovis, California.

Source: US Army Corps of Engineers Public FUDS GIS Site

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