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1960 Map of Ogden

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Ogden
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

About this map

Hill AFB and the Utah General Depot anchor the urbanized corridor south of Ogden, illustrating the significant military and logistics presence in mid-century Utah. The landscape transitions sharply from these industrial and residential zones to the high peaks of the Wasatch Mountains and the Cache National Forest, where landmarks like Naomi Peak and Mount Ogden dominate the horizon. In the northern reaches, Bear Lake serves as a major recreational and geographic landmark, flanked by the lakeside settlements of Garden City and Pickleville.

Infrastructure in this era relies heavily on the Union Pacific RR, which snakes through the drainage basins of the Bear River and Blacks Fork, connecting frontier outposts such as Fort Bridger and Cumberland. From the phosphate and coal workings near Kemmerer to the sugar factory near Logan, the map reveals a regional economy balanced between extraction, agriculture, and the growing administrative centers of Weber County.