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1964 Map of Boulder Town

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Boulder Town
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1991
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1991

About this map

Boulder Town, situated along the eastern edge of the Dixie National Forest, appears in this 1960s survey as a remote high-desert outpost defined by its relationship with water and agriculture. The settlement, which includes the Boulder PO, is supported by a network of irrigation and power infrastructure including a Canal, Tailrace, and a dedicated Powerhouse along the Boulder Creek corridor. The map reveals the community's localized economy through the presence of the Boulder Landing Strip and Rodeo Grounds, highlighting its role as a regional hub for the surrounding plateau and bench lands.

The terrain is marked by distinctive geological formations such as Pretty Tree Bench and New Home Bench, which drop away into complex drainage systems like Big Hollow and Nazer Draw. Notable landmarks used for navigation and local history include the Balancing Rock, Sugarloaf, and Sadies Nipple. Traces of earlier inhabitants are noted simply as Ruins near Bear Draw, anchoring the mid-century landscape in a much longer history of human presence on the Colorado Plateau.