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2014 Map of Danish Flat

Name: 2014 Topographic Map of Danish Flat
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2014
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2014

About this map

Danish Flat serves as the central focal point of this eastern Utah landscape, defined by a significant concentration of energy extraction infrastructure in the early 21st century. The map reveals an extensive network of petroleum resources, including the Danish Wash Gas and Oil Field and the Cisco Springs Gas and Oil Field to the north and west, while the Agate Oil Field and Gravel Pile Oil Field occupy the eastern and central sections. This industrial footprint is integrated into a terrain of high plateaus and alluvial basins, where drainage systems like Danish Wash and Cottonwood Wash cut through the arid soil.

Transportation through this high-desert corridor is dominated by the modern interstate, which runs parallel to segments of the Old Cisco Hwy, providing a look at the historical transit route toward the nearby town of Cisco. The topography transitions from the elevated Cisco Mesa in the southwest to the broad expanse of Grand Valley, with the northern reaches of the quadrangle climbing toward the distinctively named uplands of The Grassies.