1988 Map of Kingston
USGS Topo · Published 1988About this map
Kingston sits at the foot of the Toiyabe Range, where the steep canyons of the Toiyabe National Forest meet the expansive Big Smoky Valley Depression. In the late 1980s, the landscape reflects a mixture of high-desert recreation and industrial activity, evidenced by the proximity of Kingston Creek to a local Landing Strip and a series of Tailings Ponds. The map captures the transition from the sharp relief of Broad Canyon and Blakeley Canyon to the wide alluvial plains where the Lander Co and Nye Co border crosses through the valley floor. Water management and resource extraction are central themes here, as seen in the presence of a Borrow Pit and the flow of Shoshone Creek toward the sink. This era of the region highlights a quiet desert outpost defined by its proximity to both the forest and the wide-open basin of the Great Desert.
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