2018 Map of East of Millett Ranch

About this map

Spaulding Salt Marsh and the arid floor of the Big Smoky Valley dominate this part of Nye County, where the landscape is defined by its water-scarce environment. The eastern edge of the Toiyabe National Forest provides a high-ground backdrop to a series of drainage basins and an expansive Alkali Flat. The map reveals a network of functional transportation routes that speak to the region's utilitarian land use, from the historic alignment of the Fremont Trl to the industrial access provided by Lower Mine Rd and the appropriately named Dump Rd. This 2018 survey by the U.S. Geological Survey captures the basin-and-range character of central Nevada, where development is limited to forest-access roads like the Natl Forest Develop Road 023 Rd and the occasional waypoint in a vast, open territory.