2000 Map of Shield Mountain

The terrain is defined by a dense system of seasonal and perennial creeks, such as Tennessee Creek, Gold Blossom Creek, and Bedrock Creek, which carve through ridges like Deadhorse Ridge. Local navigation is largely restricted to four-wheel-drive roads and established paths such as the Nipple Peak Trail, which traverses the southern portion of the quadrangle near City Mountain. The map preserves the geography of this high-country ranching and forest land at the turn of the twenty-first century.