2017 Map of North of Knolls

About this map

The Great Salt Lake Desert dominates this Tooele County landscape, where the stark white expanses of the basin floor are only interrupted by the industrial footprint of the Newfoundland Evaporation Basin. This remote section of the Utah salt flats illustrates the massive scale of minerals extraction and brine management in the region. The map provides a precise layout of the Public Land Survey System grid, featuring Townships 1 and 2 North and 1 South, illustrating how the vast, seemingly featureless terrain is meticulously subdivided for administrative and industrial use. The absence of traditional settlements, roads, or vegetation highlights the extreme environment of the western desert and its specialized utility for evaporation-based industries in the early 21st century.