1981 Map of Rabbithole NE

About this map

Black Rock Desert dominates this arid landscape at the beginning of the 1980s, where the seasonal waters of the Quinn River cut through the vast dry lake beds of northwestern Nevada. The map reveals a remote environment defined by intermittent drainage patterns and shifting boundaries, as the line between Humboldt and Pershing counties bisects the terrain. Significant hydrological features including Granite Spring Wash and Rabbithole Creek provide a look at the natural drainage basins that characterize this high desert region before modern developments or changes in land use altered the local topography. This survey, grounded in mid-1970s aerial photography, captures the stark geography of the Great Basin at a precise moment of 20th-century mapping.