2020 Map of Fence Canyon

About this map

Fence Canyon and the Gyp Hills define the arid landscape of this Sierra County survey, where water management is the primary sign of human activity. The map reveals a network of man-made water catchments, including Bull Pasture Tank, Army Tank, and Fuller Tank, essential for ranching operations in this high-desert environment. These features, along with Middle Tank and East Tank, indicate a land organized around grazing and livestock. Transportation is limited to a grid of county and ranch roads such as E Well Rd, Fuller Rd, and Co Rd A029, which traverse the section lines. The topography transitions from the relatively level terrain of the western sections toward the more complex drainages of Middle Canyon, illustrating the challenging geography that settlers and ranchers negotiated in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.