2021 Map of Al Shinn Canyon

About this map

Al Shinn Canyon cuts through the high desert terrain of Lassen County, where water is the primary architect of the landscape. This 2021 survey documents a remote corner of California defined by critical water sources such as Wagontire Spring, Stove Spring, and Horn Springs. These scattered reliable points of water, along with others like Petes Spring and Sage Hen Spring, indicate the historical importance of the area for livestock and transit through the arid basin. The drainage of Smoke Cr winds through the canyons, bounded to the south by the high points of Cherry Mtn and Rush Creek Mtn. Human presence is sparse, marked primarily by the unimproved path of Rye Patch Rd and the structured grid of the Public Land Survey System, showing the township boundaries of T33N and T32N across the landscape.