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1957 Map of Spanish Springs Valley

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Spanish Springs Valley
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

Reno Sky Ranch serves as a prominent landmark in the center of the Spanish Springs Valley, a landscape defined by the stark transition from the high desert floor to the heights of the Pah Rah Range. In the late 1950s, the southern portion of the sheet shows the industrial and transit corridor emerging along the Truckee River, where the Southern Pacific railroad passes through Sparks, Vista, and Hafed.

Agricultural history is preserved through labels for the Wilcox Ranch and Home Ranch, while the era's local education is marked by the North Truckee Sch and Greenbrae Sch. The terrain is punctuated by varied mining and utility features, including several Prospect sites, a Siphon, and the Radio Towers (KOH) near the Truckee River. From the northern reaches of Hungry Valley to Clark Mountain in the south, the map documents a region of Nevada balancing traditional ranching with mid-century transit and infrastructure development.