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1945 Map of Marysvale

Name: 1945 Topographic Map of Marysvale
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

The Sevier River valley serves as a vital corridor through the high-desert terrain of central Utah, anchoring a network of small settlements and industrial outposts. The Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad tracks parallel the river, reaching northward through Marysvale and Thompsonville. This infrastructure supported early-to-mid-20th-century extraction efforts, most notably at the Whitehorse Mine in the White Hills and the settlement of Alunite.

Southward, the landscape is dominated by the Piute Reservoir and the town of Junction, where the water management systems of the era become clear via the Gaging Station and various reservoirs like Big Flat Res. The rugged eastern flank of the Tushar Mountains gives way to the managed timber and grazing lands of the Fishlake National Forest, where features like the Dry Creek Guard Sta and Elbow Ranch indicate the varied uses of the land.