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1978 Map of Hart Mountain

Name: 1978 Topographic Map of Hart Mountain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

Hart Mountain and Little Mahogany Mountain dominate this corner of Washoe County, defining a landscape shaped by high-desert hydrology in the late 1970s. The map reveals an intricate network of water sources essential for cattle and wildlife, from American Reservoir in the northwest to Big Wiemer Spring and Wagontire Spring in the southeast. Evidence of seasonal or specialized activity is found at Hart Camp and the Borrow Pits near Antelope Flat, indicating the intersection of grazing management and localized resource extraction.

Primitive transportation routes, marked as Jeep Trail and Trail, provide the primary access through these basins and ranges. The density of named water features like Nellie Spring, Docking Corral Spring, and Paso Spring underscores the critical importance of reliable water in this arid environment, providing clear points of interest for those studying the regional livestock history or historic land use patterns of northwestern Nevada.