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1986 Map of Arrow Canyon SW

Name: 1986 Topographic Map of Arrow Canyon SW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

The Desert National Wildlife Range dominates the western half of this Nevada landscape, preserving a segment of the Mojave Desert as it appeared in the mid-1980s. The terrain is defined by the high elevations of the Las Vegas Range and the Arrow Canyon Range, which hem in the broad, arid basins of Hidden Valley and Dry Lake Valley.

Surface water is largely absent from this environment, with the map highlighting an Alkali Flat as a primary geographical marker in the center of the quadrangle. Industrial activity is minimal, represented only by a small Quarry and a Gravel Pit near the mountain foothills. A lone transmission line and sparse 4wd tracks provide the only evidence of human infrastructure across this protected wilderness and its surrounding desert basins.