2011 Map of Hager Mountain

About this map

Silver Lake serves as the focal point for this high-desert landscape in Lake County, where water management is central to the local economy and ecology. The map documents a sophisticated network of resource infrastructure, including the Silver Creek Diversion Dam and the Silver L I D Reservoir, which regulate the flow of the West Fork Silver Creek. Evidence of federal land management and aviation history is scattered throughout the terrain, from the Silver Lake Forest Service Strip and Red and White Airport in the north to the Chase Spring Administrative Study Plot further south. High elevation points like Mahogany Mountain and the Hager Mountain Lookout provide vantage points over a region defined by scattered water sources like Blow Waterhole and Hager Spring, illustrating the critical nature of water rights and livestock grazing on the Gowdy Ranch and surrounding range.