Big Sand Springs Valley defines the topography of this high-desert region in Nye County, where the landscape is marked by the drainages and water sources essential for life in the arid Great Basin. The north-south corridor of Sand Springs Wash cuts through the center of the sheet, tracing the natural path of seasonal runoff. White Rock Spring appears on the western edge of the quadrangle, serving as a rare and critical point of interest for those tracking historical water sources or land use patterns in this remote interior. The map illustrates a vast, undeveloped terrain structured by the Public Land Survey System, showing the township and range divisions of t12n r53e, t12n r54e, t11n r53e, and t11n r54e.
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1956 · Lund
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1956 · Tonopah
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1959 · Tonopah
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1960 · Lund
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1962 · Tonopah
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1967 · Moores Station
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1967 · Chaos Creek
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1968 · Portuguese Mtn
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1968 · Brown Summit
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1968 · Brown Summit NW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000