1966 Map of Smizer Gulch

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The White River carves a significant corridor through this high-altitude landscape on the border of Moffat and Rio Blanco counties. In the mid-1960s, the area's agricultural and industrial utility is marked by the Blair Ditch, which skirts the base of Blair Mountain and Blair Mesa. The terrain is defined by a dense network of erosional features such as Smizer Gulch, Deep Channel Creek, and Mc Andrews Gulch, illustrating the complex drainage patterns of the Piceance Basin region. Evidence of resource extraction and infrastructure is present through several noted drill holes, a Gravel Pit, and a prominent Pipeline that traverses the southern reaches. Travel through the more inaccessible northern sections is limited to a Jeep Trail, emphasizing the area's isolation outside of the river valley and its primary water sources like the Springs found along Crooked Wash.