Great Salt Lake Desert dominates this 2017 survey of the West Desert in Tooele County, Utah. The landscape is defined by the stark, level expanse of the salt flats, characterized by the 4,250-foot contour line that marks the edge of the desert floor. This map covers a transition zone where the vast basin meets subtle topographic rises, providing an exact record of the Public Land Survey System (PLSS) grid across townships t4s r16w, t4s r15w, t5s r16w, and t5s r15w. The lack of man-made infrastructure or named settlements highlights the extreme isolation of this portion of the eastern Great Basin, serving as a baseline for the hydrography and elevation of the desert as it appeared in the mid-2010s.
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1953 · Tooele
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1955 · Tooele
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1973 · Knolls SW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1973 · Arinosa SE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1973 · Arinosa SW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1973 · Wildcat Mountain SW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1973 · Wildcat Mountain NW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1973 · Gold Hill 1 SE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1973 · Gold Hill 1 SW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1973 · Gold Hill 1 NE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000