2021 Map of Soap Holes Reservoir

About this map

The high-desert terrain of the Wyoming-Utah border region is defined by complex water management and extractive industry on this 2021 survey. Spanning the Uinta Co Sweetwater Co line, the landscape is marked by numerous artificial water bodies including Soap Holes Reservoir, Hordeum Reservoir, and several numbered basins like Seismograph Reservoir Number 2. These features, along with names like Dry Cr and Dry Wash, reflect the arid nature of the high country between the peaks of Sage Creek Mtn and Cedar Mtn. Human activity is concentrated along the dirt tracks of Hank Hollow Rd and Cedar Mountain Rd, leading to industrial sites such as Standard Pit and the East Fork Pit Number 1. The map captures a moment in the modern West where ranching infrastructure and resource extraction meet on the expansive Big Hollow Bench.