Great Salt Lake Desert dominates this Tooele County landscape, where the stark, flat terrain of the playa is punctuated by modern infrastructure and art. In the northern section of the map, Metaphor: Tree of Utah, a massive outdoor sculpture, stands near the corridor of Interstate 80. This section of the desert highlights the intersection of transcontinental travel and the vast, open spaces of the salt flats. The transportation network is further defined by Frontage Rd and Floating Island Rd, providing access to the remote interior of the basin. Surveyed boundaries for T1S R15W and T1S R16W underscore the geometric precision required to manage this expansive and largely featureless natural environment during the early 21st century.
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1953 · Tooele
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1955 · Tooele
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1973 · Knolls SW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1973 · Arinosa
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1973 · Arinosa SE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1973 · Floating Island SW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1973 · Arinosa SW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1973 · Arinosa NE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1973 · Floating Island SE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1973 · Barro
USGS Topo · 1:24,000