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1980 Map of Notch Butte

Name: 1980 Topographic Map of Notch Butte
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1980
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1980

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Bruneau Desert dominates this 1980 survey, revealing a landscape defined by volcanic landmarks and cattle-country infrastructure. The prominence of Notch Butte and Twin Buttes provides essential orientation points across the high desert floor, while names like Deadhorse Crossing and the Crows Nest Road hint at the difficult transit of earlier eras.

Resource extraction and ranching utility are evident through several labels, including scattered Prospect locations and a Borrow Pit near the center of the sheet. Water management, critical in this arid Owyhee County terrain, is represented by the Sailor Creek Well, a Water Tank, and a Corral. The drainage patterns of Deadman Creek and Sailor Creek carve into the plateau, eventually meeting the rise of The Big Hill and Blue Ridge.