2021 Map of Coaldale NE

About this map

The Monte Cristo Range dominates the southern landscape of this Esmeralda County quadrangle, where sharp elevation changes define the desert environment. This high terrain drops sharply northward into the Monte Cristo Valley, a lower-lying basin area that occupies the northern reaches of the map. The topography here is characterized by complex drainage patterns and deep-cut ravines through the range, illustrating the harsh arid geomorphology of western Nevada. Managed largely as public lands under the Bureau of Land Management, the area shows little human development outside of basic survey markers and section lines, preserving the geological character of the Great Basin mountain-and-valley structure.