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2020 Map of Butler Canyon

Name: 2020 Topographic Map of Butler Canyon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2020
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

Green River carves a deep path through this section of the Colorado Plateau, where it is joined by the Price River as it flows south toward the high elevations of Gray Canyon. The landscape is defined by its complex drainage systems and significant vertical relief, marked by prominent landforms such as Big Horn Mtn and the broad Suluar Mesa to the southeast. The boundary between Emery and Grand Counties follows the serpentine course of the river, highlighting its role as a natural divider in this arid environment.

Erosion has sculpted numerous side canyons that feed into the main river channel, including Rattlesnake Canyon, Butler Canyon, and Poverty Canyon. These features, alongside the flat-topped Poverty Bench and Coal Creek Bench, illustrate the distinctive mesa-and-canyon topography characteristic of eastern Utah. This survey documents the area's geography at a time when the region remained largely undeveloped, dominated by the raw geology of the desert.