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2010 Map of Pole Gulch

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of Pole Gulch
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

The Little Snake River meanders across the northwestern corner of this Moffat County landscape, its flow diverted by an intricate network of irrigation infrastructure including the Gibson Blair Ditch, Trowel Ditch, and the West Side Canal. This 2010 survey reflects a high-desert environment where water management is central to the land's utility, even as the terrain breaks into a series of named draws and gulches further south and east.

Relief is defined by several prominent drainages such as Gledhill Draw, Thornburgh Gulch, and the namesake Pole Gulch, which sits adjacent to East Pole Gulch. While much of the quadrangle is traversed by rural county routes, industrial history is anchored by the Goat Number One Mine in the southeast. The perennial flow of Timberlake Creek and Fourmile Creek further marks the transition from the river valley to the more arid uplands.