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2020 Map of Standardville

Name: 2020 Topographic Map of Standardville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2020
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

Standardville and the surrounding canyons of Carbon County define this landscape of mining history and high-desert terrain. Positioned in the heart of Utah's coal country, the map illustrates the tight spatial relationship between industrial settlements and the steep drainages that sheltered them. Roads like Spring Canyon Rd and Sowbelly Gulch Rd trace the narrow valley floors, connecting storied locales such as Latuda and Peerless to the larger rail and river corridor near Helper.

The northeast corner is anchored by the Price River as it cuts through Price Canyon near the prominent landmark known as The Castle Gate. This area's geography is dominated by a series of parallel gulches and canyons, including Hardscrabble Canyon and Robinson Gulch, which carve into the high elevations of Ford Ridge. The concentration of small, named settlements along these canyon roads provides a record of the region's dense habitation during the peak of its extraction era.