2014 Map of Floka

About this map

The arid landscape of Humboldt County is defined here by the expanse of the Black Rock Desert, where the flat desert floor meets the rising elevations of the Kamma Mountains. In this sparsely populated region of northwestern Nevada, the settlement of Sulphur sits along the southern edge of the desert, while the locality of Floka is positioned further north. These small outposts were historically linked by transit routes through the basin, including Nv-49 and the unpaved Lewis Camp Rd. Significant terrain markers such as Pulpit Rock provide navigational landmarks in a territory where water is a rare and vital resource, represented here by the isolated Mandalay Spring. The map documents the vast section-line grid of the Public Land Survey System, illustrating how land was organized for mining and ranching across the high desert flats.