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1965 Map of Fox Range

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Fox Range
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

The Western Pacific Railroad cuts a straight path through the high desert of Washoe County, connecting the small stop at Reynard with points north and south along the edge of the Smoke Creek Desert. This mid-1960s survey documents a landscape defined by the rugged Fox Range, where remote extraction sites like the Packard Mine and Wild Horse Canyon Mine are reached by a network of jeep trails.

A significant portion of the southern quadrant is occupied by the Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation, featuring landmarks such as the Terraced Hills and Soda Springs. Water remains the most critical resource for this arid environment, evidenced by dozens of carefully mapped water sources including Mud Trough Spring, Bull Basin Spring, and Summit Springs. Settlement is sparse, represented by small railroad-adjacent locations like Sano and the locality of Emerson nestled near the reservation boundary.