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1961 Map of Cane Spring

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Cane Spring
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

The Nevada Test Site dominates this 1961 field-checked landscape, specifically highlighting the operations within Area 5. This map, produced in cooperation with the Atomic Energy Commission, provides a technical view of the desert infrastructure during the height of the Cold War. Notable transport routes include the Mercury Highway and the Old Indian Springs Road, which cut through the arid terrain of Frenchman Flat.

Geographic landmarks like Skull Mtn, Mt Salyer, and Hampel Hill rise above the dry washes of Mara Wash and Cane Spring Wash. Water sources essential to desert navigation and habitation are documented at Cane Spring and Pavits Spring, alongside industrial markers like Drill Hole 4 and the subterranean network of an Underground Telephone Line. The presence of Wahmonie Flat reflects the region's mining history preceding its mid-century military designation.