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1973 Map of Dog Bone Lake South

Name: 1973 Topographic Map of Dog Bone Lake South
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

The Desert National Wildlife Range and Nellis Air Force Range dominate this 1970s landscape, where military and conservation boundaries meet across a high desert basin. The northern portion of the map is defined by the seasonally dry Dog Bone Lake within Dog Bone Valley, while the southern end transitions into the Three Lakes Valley featuring the Three Lakes Valley Reservoir.

This territory is marked by multiple points simply labeled Target, indicating the land's active use for military training and aerial maneuvers during the Cold War era. To the northeast, the terrain rises sharply into the mountains near Surprise Canyon, creating a stark contrast between the flat alkali sinks and the steep topographic contours of the range. The map also delineates the Lincoln Co Clark Co line, which follows an Indefinite Boundary across the valley floor.