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2012 Map of Forest Home

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of Forest Home
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

Forest Home and the adjacent Gardner Ranch define the human footprint in this arid section of Nye County, where water management is the primary driver of the landscape. A string of catchments including Forest Home Reservoir Number 1, Forest Home Reservoir Number 2, and Forest Home Reservoir Number 4 are strategically positioned to capture seasonal runoff from the network of drainages that crisscross the terrain.

The hydrology of the area is characterized by ephemeral features like Teaspoon Wash, Big Spring Wash, and Sherwood Wash, which converge toward the natural bottleneck at Moon River Gap. The reliance on these intermittent sources and localized points like Little Spring illustrates the historical and modern challenge of maintaining ranching operations in the high desert. Primitive routes such as Forest Rd 410 and NFD 412 Rd provide the only access through this isolated environment.