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1966 Map of Ninemile Gap

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Ninemile Gap
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1969
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1969

About this map

The Danforth Hills define this corner of the Colorado plateau, where the boundary between Moffat and Rio Blanco counties crosses a landscape shaped by industrial extraction and high-desert drainage. Field checked in 1966, the survey captures an era of active mineral exploration, marked by the Taylor Mine, several unnamed Mines, and numerous Drill Holes and Oil Wells scattered across the uplands.

Water management is central to the area's utility, with Lanney Reservoir situated near the head of Ninemile Draw. The complex topography is navigated by a network of primitive routes, including the Pack Trail and Jeep Trail systems that follow the courses of Good Spring Creek and James Creek. Notable landforms like Ninemile Gap and the evocatively named Hole-in-the-Wall Gulch provide critical landmarks for those traversing these remote basins.