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2021 Map of Eden Reservoir West

Name: 2021 Topographic Map of Eden Reservoir West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2021
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2021

About this map

Farson serves as a central point of settlement in this high desert landscape, where the management of water defines the human footprint. The map documents an extensive network of irrigation infrastructure, including the Eden Canal, Means Canal, and Farson Lateral, which distribute water from the Big Sandy Reservoir and Big Sandy River across the dry terrain. This system illustrates the twentieth-century efforts to transform the arid basin into a viable agricultural zone.

Historical transportation routes traverse the area, most notably the path of the California-Oregon Trl, which skirts Sublettes Flat and Haystack Butte. These pioneer trails run alongside modern corridors like 191, connecting the remote corners of Sweetwater County. For genealogists and local historians, the grid of secondary roads such as Old Luman Rd and Eighteen Mile Rd provides a precise look at the land divisions and remote homestead access points as they existed in the early twenty-first century.