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2017 Map of Spencer Canyon

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Spencer Canyon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

Indianola serves as a focal point in this high-altitude landscape where the boundaries of the Manti-Lasal National Forest and Uinta National Forest converge. The terrain is defined by deep drainages like Spencer Canyon and its tributaries, the Left Fork and Right Fork, which carve through the Wasatch Range. Higher elevations are marked by landmarks such as Mt Baldy and the elongated Hop Creek Ridge.

Water is a vital element of this mountain geography, seen in the flow of Nebo Cr and the presence of high-country basins containing Madsen Lake, Blind Lake, and Hartney Lake. The map details a transition from rugged forest land into the more developed valleys, where local roads like Earl Beck Rd and Nebo Creek Rd connect the scattered homesteads and topographical features that have shaped the local history of Utah and Sanpete counties.