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1972 Map of Red Hole

Name: 1972 Topographic Map of Red Hole
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

Rigby Ranch and Anzard Ranch stand as isolated outposts along the remote waterways of the high country in the early 1970s. This survey, grounded in field checks from 1972, documents a rugged intersection of the Wasatch National Forest where the state lines of Wyoming and Utah meet the county boundaries of Uinta and Summit. The landscape is defined by the sharp descent from Porcupine Ridge into the drainage of Chalk Creek, a network of seasonal streams including the East Fork and Middle Fork.

Evidence of resource management and early infrastructure is visible through the presence of a Gaging Sta and a Pipeline Road traversing the terrain. Further south, the map reveals high-altitude water bodies such as Joyce Lake and Boyer Lake, nestled near the landmark known as Red Hole. This map captures the area just as modern photogrammetric mapping began to provide precise detail for these high-elevation forest lands.