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2013 Map of Hole In Rock

Name: 2013 Topographic Map of Hole In Rock
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2013
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2013

About this map

Hole in the Rock and its namesake Hole in Rock Lake anchor this high-desert portion of Owyhee County, surveyed by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2013. The landscape is defined by its drainage systems and notable volcanic terrain, including the basaltic formations of the Black Rocks in the north and the high vantage of Big Hill to the southeast. Water is a critical and sparse resource here, traced through Big Jacks Cr and Sugar Cr.

Human activity is sparse but distinctive, marked by the long stretch of Missile Base Rd which crosses the central township. This road name suggests the Cold War-era infrastructure that often utilized these remote sagebrush plateaus. The map also documents dramatic landforms such as Deadman Gulch, providing a detailed look at the topography of the t8s r4e and t9s r5e public land survey system blocks.