The high-desert terrain of the Amargosa Range dominates this 2018 survey of Nye County, where the stark topography of the Nevada-California borderlands is captured in precise detail. To the south, the boundary of Death Valley National Park marks a transition into the protected wilderness of the Grapevine Mountains. This landscape is defined by its arid basins and steep mountain slopes, containing few permanent water sources other than Willow Spring. To the northeast, the land levels out into the broad expanse of Sarcobatus Flat, illustrating the characteristic basin-and-range geography of the region. The map provides a contemporary record of federal land management and topographic contours in an area where natural landforms dictate the limits of human activity.
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This is the sole edition of this map. No revisions or reprints were ever made.
1908 · Kawich
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1908 · Lida
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1908 · Furnace Creek
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1908 · Ballarat
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1910 · Furnace Creek
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1913 · Lida
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1913 · Ballarat
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1942 · Tolicha Peak
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1942 · Bullfrog
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1948 · Death Valley
USGS Topo · 1:250,000