2018 Map of Sheckler Reservoir

About this map

Sheckler Reservoir dominates this high-desert landscape in Lahontan Valley, serving as a central node in an extensive irrigation network. The map reveals the intricate engineering of the Newlands Project through features like the V-Line Canal, N-Line Canal, and the curiously named Twenty Six Foot Drop. These waterways transformed the arid flats below Swingle Bench into a productive agricultural corridor along the Carson River. To the southwest, the terrain rises sharply into the Dead Camel Mountains, marked by distinctive peaks such as Red Mtn and The Nipple. This contrast between the highly managed water systems of the valley and the wild, uncultivated mountain range illustrates the 20th-century effort to reclaim the Nevada desert. Local history is further preserved in the names of rural roads like Pioneer Way and Milburn Ln, which border the irrigated fields.