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1952 Map of Gass Peak

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Gass Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

Gass Peak dominates the center of this high-desert landscape, serving as a prominent landmark between the Las Vegas Range and the Sheep Range. The 1952 field check captures a critical period of military expansion in Clark County, showing the extensive Nellis Air Force Base Range and its boundary bordering the Desert Game Range Boundary.

Industrial and transport infrastructure is concentrated in the southern basin, where the Union Pacific railroad cuts through the Las Vegas Valley near the burgeoning facilities at Nellis Air Force Base. The map reveals a reliance on scattered water sources in this arid environment, naming several remote springs including Gass Spring, Quail Spring, and the distinctively named Upper White Blotch Spring. Traces of early exploration and extraction are evident through various Prospects and Gravel Pits located near the military reservation.