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1961 Map of Hadsell Spring

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Hadsell Spring
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

Hadsell Spring and the drainage of Lost Soldier Creek dominate this high-plains landscape in Wyoming's Red Desert region. The 1961 field check shows a terrain shaped by water management and mineral exploration, evidenced by several strategically placed reservoirs like Road Crossing Reservoir, Dry Well Reservoir, and Pinnacle Springs Reservoir. The presence of a Drill Hole near Twin Buttes suggests the early stages of the energy development that would come to define the Sweetwater and Carbon county borderlands.

Transportation through this portion of the Great Divide Basin is limited to unimproved dirt tracks that follow the natural topography of Stratton Rim and various seasonal drainages such as Osborne Draw and Stratton Draw. A prominent Pipeline cutting through the center of the sheet further indicates the industrial utility of this area during the early 1960s, while the named draws like Eagles Nest Draw reflect the localized naming conventions used by early ranchers and surveyors.