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1956 Map of Hall Creek

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Hall Creek
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1957
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1957

About this map

Grass Valley and the Carico Lake Valley dominate this mid-century portrait of Lander County, Nevada. The landscape is characterized by its reliance on isolated water sources and ranching outposts, most notably Hall Creek Ranch and the descriptively named Cowboy Rest. These points of human activity are anchored to the seasonal flow of Hall Creek and a network of essential springs such as Corral Spring and Dry Canyon Spring.

The central Shoshone Range terrain is deeply dissected by numerous drainages including Dead Canyon, Corral Canyon, and Rosebush Canyon. In the southern portion of the sheet, the headwaters of the North Fork Shoshone Creek emerge, illustrating the complex hydrology of these high-desert valleys. This survey captures a moment in the Great Basin's history when livestock operations defined the geography of the interior valleys, long before modern infrastructure would alter the accessibility of these remote ranchlands.