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1956 Map of Ackerman Canyon

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Ackerman Canyon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1957
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1957

About this map

Santa Fe Ranch and Ferguson Ranch anchor the high desert landscape of central Nevada during the mid-1950s. This survey of the Ackerman Canyon quadrangle captures a remote ranching economy defined by isolated homesteads and essential water sources such as Potato Canyon Spring and Cottonwood Spring. The terrain transitions from the wide expanses of Grass Valley and Bean Flat into the steep ridges of the Simpson Park Mountains, where several peaks and benchmarks like VABM 8692 Park and Vabm 6416 are recorded.

Resource extraction and transportation are evident near the southern boundary, where the Goober Mine and a nearby Prospect sit tucked into the hills. A lonely Landing Field near Dry Creek provides a vital aerial link for this sparsely populated region. The map also delineates the jurisdictional boundary between Lander Co and Eureka Co, showing how political lines cut across natural features like Grubbs Canyon and Shagnasty Basin.