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1985 Map of Salt Mountain

Name: 1985 Topographic Map of Salt Mountain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1985

About this map

Skull Valley dominates the western half of this 1985 survey, transitioning from a broad Mud Flat into the rising elevations of Salt Mountain. The landscape is defined by the sharp contrast between the arid valley floor and the densely packed topographic contours of the Stansbury Mountains to the east. Water sources are critical landmarks in this environment, with Horseshoe Springs, Rock Bottom Pond, and Kanaka Lake clustered near the valley's center, while several springs like Box Canyon Spring and Chokecherry Spring emerge from the high canyons of the Wasatch National Forest.

Infrastructure is sparse, marked primarily by a Telephone Line and an Aqueduct that trace the base of the mountains. Of particular interest to local historians is a small Cem located south of Kanaka Lake, a lone marker of earlier settlement amidst the drainage systems of Monument Canyon and Big Granite Canyon. The naming conventions for features like Round Knoll and Round Mountain reflect a landscape surveyed and categorized by its distinct geological forms.