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1962 Map of Housetop Mountain

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Housetop Mountain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

Housetop Mountain and Horse Mountain anchor this high-altitude landscape along the Garfield and Mesa County border in Western Colorado. The topography is defined by the massive basalt-capped highlands of Battlement Mesa to the north and Grand Mesa to the south. Between these prominent plateaus, the land is deeply incised by a network of drainage basins and gulches, including Bull Basin and Lugans Basin.

Water sources are vital features in this arid, high-country environment, with numerous springs feeding drainages like Alkali Creek, Wallace Creek, and Bozelder Creek. The map documents a sparsely inhabited wilderness transitioning between the White River and Grand Mesa National Forests. Human presence is evidenced primarily by a singular jeep trail crossing Fire Ridge, suggesting a landscape utilized for livestock grazing, high-country transit, or early resource exploration during the early 1960s.