2014 Map of Moores Station SW

About this map

Hot Creek Valley dominates this high-desert landscape in Nye County, where the vast drainage of Moores Station Wash cuts through the center of the terrain. The eastern edge of the Toiyabe National Forest reaches into the western margins of the map, marking a transition from the alluvial valley floor to higher timbered elevations. This 2014 survey documents a region defined by dramatic geological formations, from the elevated plateau of Halligan Mesa in the southeast to the sharp rise of the Needle Range and Williams Ridge. The grid of the Public Land Survey System, including t9n r51e and t8n r52e, provides a framework for understanding the land tenure in this sparsely populated interior of Nevada, where seasonal watercourses and topographic landmarks served as primary navigational aids for early ranchers and explorers.