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1964 Map of Leavitt Bench

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Leavitt Bench
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1980
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1980

About this map

Leavitt Bench and Tipperary Bench rise above the high desert floor of Uinta County, revealing a landscape defined by ranching and early water engineering. This 1964 survey, with 1980 photorevisions, documents a complex network of irrigation infrastructure essential for high-altitude survival, including the Kidman Wall Canal, Milich Ditch, and Davis and Company Ditch. These human-made waterways divert the flow of Smiths Fork and Leavitt Creek to support operations like the Slagowski Ranch.

The presence of isolated water sources such as Pitcher Spring and Corral Spring marks the importance of groundwater in the high-elevation Leavitt Basin. Localized names like Poverty Flats provide a glimpse into the challenges faced by early settlers attempting to cultivate this terrain. From the remote Landing Strip to the gravel pits along the periphery, the map records the modest but vital physical footprint of industry and homesteading in the Wyoming backcountry during the mid-to-late twentieth century.