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1994 Map of New Empire

Name: 1994 Topographic Map of New Empire
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1994
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1994

About this map

The Virginia Range and Eagle Valley meet at this industrial and institutional crossroads on the outskirts of Carson City. The map reveals the heavy footprint of resource extraction and infrastructure that shaped this landscape, dominated by the Nevada State Prison and the historical remnants of the Old Mexican Mill. The geography of utility is evident through the Brunswick Substa, a sewage treatment plant, and a series of pits, gravel pits, and mines that dot the hillsides.

Residential patterns are concentrated in pockets like Empire and the newer Pinion Hills, while leisure and community spaces appear as the Eagle Valley East Golf Course and Centennial Park. The Carson River snakes through the center, flanked by the Mexican Ditch, providing a stark contrast to the surrounding canyon-heavy terrain of Brunswick Canyon and Santiago Canyon. For historians, the mention of Mound House (Site) identifies the location of a significant earlier settlement.