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2021 Map of Little Fish Lake

Name: 2021 Topographic Map of Little Fish Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2021
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2021

About this map

Little Fish Lake and its namesake valley anchor this section of the Toiyabe National Forest, where high-desert hydrology defines the land use. The map reveals a significant concentration of geothermal and freshwater features at the base of the Hot Creek Range, including Old Dugan Place-Hot Spring, Upper Warm Spring, and Page Springs. These water sources historically supported small-scale ranching and transit through the basin, evidenced by the named tracts and ridges.

Erosion has carved distinct corridors through the landscape, most notably the deep Hot Creek Canyon and Corral Canyon. Large alluvial features like Squaw Flat and Fourmile Flats dominate the lower elevations, while high-altitude passes such as Hot Creek Pass provide natural crossing points through the north-south trending mountains. The presence of Dead Cow Ridge and the Old Dugan Place-Hot Spring provides tangible evidence of the area's grazing history and early western settlement patterns.