2011 Map of Bear Canyon

About this map

Bear Canyon dominates this 2011 survey, a landscape defined by an intricate network of drainage systems and high-desert watercourses. The drainage patterns here are primarily dictated by Oak Creek and its significant tributary, South Fork Oak Creek, which reveal the deep erosion that has shaped this part of Garfield County over millennia. To the north, Tantalus Creek enters the frame, while Sandy Draw and the Dry Fork carve through the southern and western portions of the quadrangle. This map captures the area just after the first decade of the 21st century, showing a remote terrain where human infrastructure is sparse and the topography is marked almost exclusively by its geological and hydrological features.