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2021 Map of Home Station Ranch

Name: 2021 Topographic Map of Home Station Ranch
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2021
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2021

About this map

The Tobin Range dominates the western half of this Pershing County landscape, its high ridges and steep slopes descending eastward into the broad drainage of Jersey Valley. This remote Great Basin terrain is defined by its arid hydrology, where ephemeral flows like Jersey Valley Wash and Jersey Cr Wash cut through the alluvial fans. High-elevation water sources like Indian Springs provided vital points of relief for early travelers and livestock in an otherwise dry environment.

On the eastern edge of the map, the foothills of the Fish Creek Mountains rise sharply, creating a natural corridor between the two ranges. The presence of Jersey Valley Rd and Golconda Canyon Rd indicates the primary routes used for access through this basin-and-range geography. Further south, the landscape is marked by the winding path of Home Station Wash and the tucked-away Cedar Canyon, illustrating the rugged, unpopulated character of the high desert in the early twenty-first century.