2020 Map of Poverty Basin North

About this map

Poverty Basin forms the central character of this high-desert landscape in Lake County, situated within a vast grid of township and range lines. The terrain is defined by dramatic elevation changes and isolated peaks, most notably Doughnut Mtn in the northeast and the distinctive Saunders Rim which edges the southwestern portion of the sheet. This 2020 U.S. Geological Survey production reveals a landscape dominated by natural features rather than human settlement, where topographic contours trace the complex drainage patterns and ridgelines of the Oregon outback. The map illustrates how public land survey boundaries such as t29s r21e and t29s r22e impose a structured order over the irregular, high-altitude geography of the Great Basin region.