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2017 Map of Cisco Springs

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Cisco Springs
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

Book Cliffs dominate the northern landscape of this Grand County quadrangle, providing a sharp topographic rise above the southern flats of Grand Valley. This high-desert terrain is defined by a complex drainage system, including the prominent Cisco Wash and Strychnine Wash, which carve through the land alongside features like Death Valley and Big Hole Wash. Historically significant water sources, often critical for livestock and travelers in this arid region, are marked throughout the area, including the namesake Cisco Springs and several local reservoirs such as Tie Pond and Holding Pond.

Transportation routes are largely dictated by the terrain, with roads like Windy Mesa Rd and Bakers Reservoir Rd navigating the open spaces beneath the massive Corral Canyon Bench and Windy Mesa. The mapping captures the intersection of natural geologic formations like Bread Knolls and Tepee Point with the cadastral grid system of the public land survey, revealing the remote and largely uninhabited nature of this corner of eastern Utah.