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1980 Map of Fraser Flat

Name: 1980 Topographic Map of Fraser Flat
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1980
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1980

About this map

Warm Springs Valley serves as a central basin for this high-desert Nevada landscape, bounded by the Pah Rah Range and Dogskin Mountain. By the late 1970s, the area remained largely undeveloped, characterized by livestock infrastructure such as Corral and Corrals, and vital water sources like Willow Spring and Coyote Spring. The infrastructure present reflects the isolated ranching and mining history of Washoe County, seen in the Ruth Mine and a lonely Landing Strip near the northern boundary.

Transportation is anchored by the Winnemucca Ranch Road and the uniquely named Whisky Spring Road, which navigate the elevation changes near Twentyone Mile Hill. The settlement at Junction House provides a specific point of human habitation in a region primarily defined by open flats like Fraser Flat and Bacon Rind Flat. This survey documents a quiet era before modern expansion reached these northern basins.