1982 Map of Combs Creek

About this map

Butte Valley dominates the western half of this Nevada landscape, where the wide, flat basin meets the rising slopes of the Egan Range to the east. This 1982 survey reveals a remote ranching and resource-based environment, centered around Kerr Ranch and its vital water sources like Combs Creek and Bothwick Creek. The map provides a clear picture of the arid drainage patterns, from the White Sage Wash to the north to the confined topography of Bradley Canyon. Evidence of human activity is scattered across the terrain in the form of a Corral and Marking Corral, alongside markers of industrial potential such as a Gulf Well, a Prospect, and a Borrow Pit. This area reflects the late twentieth-century high-desert landscape of White Pine County, defined by its ranching infrastructure and seasonal water infrastructure like the local Spring and Water Tank.