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1971 Map of Belmont West

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Belmont West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

Belmont stands as the primary cultural landmark on this 1971 survey, where the Old Courthouse (Ruins) reflects the area's once-prominent status as a regional center. To the west, the landscape transitions into the high terrain of Bald Mountain and the Toiyabe National Forest, while the wide expanse of Ralston Valley dominates the central portion of the sheet. For genealogists and local historians, the presence of the Anderson Cem and the Belmont Cem near Cemetery Hill provides specific points for tracing early residents of this high desert environment.

The map records the persistence of mining and water management in a desert landscape through labels like Monarch (Site) and scattered resources such as Zabriskie Well and Mexican Spring. An extensive network of primitive transit, including the South Fork Jeep Trail and various pack trails, suggests a territory that remained largely accessed by rugged travel well into the late twentieth century. These features, along with names like Devils Gate and Horse Heaven, illustrate the character of the Nye County backcountry during this era of mapping.