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2020 Map of Firewater Canyon North

Name: 2020 Topographic Map of Firewater Canyon North
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2020
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

The Green River snakes through the high desert of the Uintah Basin, carving a complex network of canyons along the border of Carbon and Uintah Counties. This modern survey details the river's descent through a series of named whitewater features, including Little Rock House Riffle, Jack Creek Rapids, and Firewater Rapids. The topography is dominated by dramatic elevation changes from the river bottom up to prominent overlooks like Peters Point and Nutters Rock.

Deep side canyons such as Rock House Canyon, Firewater Canyon, and Big Canyon feed into the main waterway, creating a fragmented landscape of isolated flats and knolls. The map reveals the intricate drainage patterns of the region, from the wide Big Canyon Flat to the narrow corridors of West Tabyago Canyon and Bishop Canyon. This is a remote corridor of Eastern Utah where the land's character is defined entirely by the erosive force of the water and the sheer verticality of the canyon walls.