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1967 Map of Sodaville

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Sodaville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1970
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1970

About this map

Soda Spring Valley is the focal point of this Nevada landscape, dominated by the expansive Rhodes Salt Marsh and the remnant infrastructure of the region's mining and transportation history. In the late 1960s, the landscape was marked by the Old Railroad Grade and numerous industrial markers including tailings, ruins, and various gravel pits.

Settlement patterns center on Sodaville and the transportation hub at Tonopah Junction, while the nearby Rhodes (Site) indicates a former community by the marsh. The terrain transitions sharply from the alkali flats to the rugged Pilot Mountains in the east, where several canyons and water sources like Martin Spring provided relief in an otherwise arid environment. Evidence of local industry is scattered throughout, from unnamed prospects to the isolated Cem near Sodaville, reflecting a history tied to the extraction of the desert's natural resources.