2023 Map of Goshute Wash

About this map

West Desert Test Center dominates the southeastern portion of this Tooele County map, marking a restricted landscape dedicated to specialized government operations. The terrain is defined by the stark, arid expanse of the Great Salt Lake Desert, where the elevation changes are minimal and the drainage patterns are intermittent. The primary hydrologic feature is the Goshute Wash, which trends northward through the center of the sheet. The spatial organization of the area reveals the intersection of public land survey sections and large-scale military reservations in the remote Utah interior. This map documents a transitional zone between the natural desert floor and the highly controlled infrastructure of the test center as it existed in the early twenty-first century.