There are several misconceptions about Dugway, located 30 miles to the North of Riverbed Ranch.
No. Nuclear bombs have never been tested at Dugway, nor anywhere in Utah.
No. Our water does not get contaminated by testing at Dugway. Our aquifer originates from South of us and flows North towards Dugway.
No. Dugway doesn’t do open-air chemical testing. They haven’t since Congress passed a law in 1969 restricting Dugway’s testing to indoor facilities.
Dugway it about 30 miles away from us. They have an artillery range out there. The wind comes from the Northwest. Dugway is Northeast of us a little bit. So when the wind comes through Dugway, it actually goes on the other side of the mountain range from us. So we don’t have that problem there. They’ve also cleaned up the area of chemicals pretty good. So essential what it is, is an artillery range. You won’t hear anything.
Dugway is pretty interesting! I lived there for about four years and we had horses and a garden at the stables. Better in your yard but Dugway before they tore down the stables was… interesting.