The Great Salt Lake Desert dominates this 2014 survey, illustrating a landscape of extreme flat topography and minimal vegetation in western Tooele County. This specific section is primarily defined by the Public Land Survey System grid, spanning parts of Townships 2 through 4 South and Ranges 17 and 18 West. The lack of cultural features such as roads, buildings, or infrastructure highlights the geological isolation of this region within the Great Basin. As a contemporary record of one of the most arid environments in the United States, the map serves as a baseline for environmental study and salt crust monitoring in an area where the terrain remains largely untouched by modern development.
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1953 · Tooele
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1955 · Tooele
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1972 · Elephant Knoll NW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1972 · Elephant Knoll NE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1973 · Arinosa
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1973 · Arinosa SW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1973 · Salduro SW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1973 · Salduro SE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1973 · Silsbee
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1973 · Salduro
USGS Topo · 1:24,000