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1973 Map of Burro Basin

Name: 1973 Topographic Map of Burro Basin
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

Desert National Wildlife Range overlaps with the military restricted airspace of the Nellis Air Force Range in this 1973 survey of Lincoln County. The landscape is dominated by the high-elevation Burro Basin and the stark transition into the Desert Valley (Depression). The presence of the Chuckwalla Guzzler indicates the managed water resources essential for wildlife in this arid environment.

Logistics and transport are defined by the Alamo Road and various rugged tracks like the Jeep Trail, which provides the only access toward the ephemeral Desert Lake in the northeast. This map illustrates the intersection of federal conservation efforts and military training grounds during the early 1970s, characterized by dramatic landforms such as Chowderhead Canyon and Pocket Canyon cut into the East Desert Range.