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1987 Map of Freds Well

Name: 1987 Topographic Map of Freds Well
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1988
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1988

About this map

Railroad Valley meets the eastern slopes of the Reveille Range in this late-twentieth-century study of Nye County. The landscape is defined by its water sources, which dictated the survival and movement of people and livestock in this arid basin. Named points of interest such as Freds Well, Pyramid Well, and Last Stand Well appear alongside Pyramid Spring, indicating the vital infrastructure of high-desert ranching and travel.

Elevations rise sharply to the west toward Fang Ridge, while the valley floor is marked by large areas of Mud and a Gravel Pit. The map captures a functional interior landscape where the presence of a Corral and various wells suggests a workspace for cattlemen and land managers. This provisional edition preserves the precise topographic character of the Great Basin as it was surveyed in the 1980s.