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1966 Map of Junction

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Junction
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1995
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1995

About this map

The Circle Valley landscape of south-central Utah is defined by the convergence of the Sevier River and the East Fork Sevier River in the mid-1960s. The settlement of Junction serves as a hub, featuring the Junction Municipal Airport and the Piute High Sch. To the east, the town of Kingston sits near the mouth of Kingston Canyon, where the river is diverted into the Kingston Canal to support local agriculture.

Water management is central to the area's development, evidenced by the large Piute Reservoir and smaller upstream impoundments like Rocky Ford Reservoir and Smiths Reservoir. The terrain transitions from irrigated valley floors to the high elevations of the Dixie National Forest on the southern edge. Local history researchers will find several Prospects and a Borrow Pit indicating early resource extraction, while genealogists can locate the Cem just south of the Junction townsite.