Continental Divide winds through this high-desert portion of Sweetwater County, marking a fundamental hydrologic boundary in the American West. The landscape is defined by massive escarpments and topographic shifts, most notably the Wamsutter Rim in the northeast and the curving sweep of the Delaney Rim in the south-central section. These geologic features, along with Wells Bluff and Big Hill, create a basin-and-rim environment typical of the Red Desert region.
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1954 · Rawlins
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1954 · Rock Springs
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Rawlins
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Rock Springs
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1962 · Rawlins
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1962 · Rock Springs
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1966 · Wamsutter
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1966 · Eightmile Lake
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1967 · Rawlins
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1970 · Red Desert SW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000