1961 Map of Pine Grove Ranch

About this map

The Continental Divide winds through this high-altitude landscape in Carbon County, defining the drainage patterns of the Sage Creek Basin and the headwaters of numerous mountain streams. Mapped in the early 1960s as part of the Department of the Interior's Missouri River Basin development program, the area shows a sparsely populated ranching environment centered around Pine Grove Ranch and the locality of Miller. The intricate network of seasonal and perennial waters, including Lone Tree Creek and Little Savery Creek, underscores the critical importance of water management in this arid terrain, highlighted by the presence of a long Aqueduct and a remote Water Tank. Numerous survey benchmarks, such as Vabm 8412 and BM 8166, reveal the high elevation and difficult surveying work required to document this portion of the American West.