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1985 Map of Dolores Point North

Name: 1985 Topographic Map of Dolores Point North
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

The Dolores River cuts a deep, winding path through this corner of the Colorado Plateau in the mid-1980s, marked by numerous rapids as it flows toward its confluence. The landscape is defined by massive plateau features, including Steamboat Mesa, Polar Mesa, and South Beaver Mesa, which dominate the western and central portions of the sheet. This terrain is part of the Manti-La Sal National Forest, where the topography drops sharply from high mesas into Gateway Canyon and Lumsden Canyon.

Resource extraction is evident throughout the high ground, with numerous mines and a drill hole peppered across the mesas and canyon walls. The border between Grand County, Utah, and Mesa County, Colorado, runs north-south through the center of the map, intersecting the remote drainage of Beaver Creek. Evidence of cattle ranching or land management appears in the form of DP Spring and scattered unimproved roads that navigate the complex rimrock.