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1954 Map of Stinking Spring Creek 1 NE

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Stinking Spring Creek 1 NE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1954
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1954

About this map

Sinbad country defines this portion of Emery County, where a stark network of drainages and high plateaus was documented during the mid-1950s. The landscape is characterized by expansive benches and flats with evocative names like Jackass Flat and Jerrys Flat, showing a terrain dominated by erosional features rather than human settlement. Sparse water resources are indicated by small, unnamed Res (reservoirs) tucked into the folds of the canyons, likely serving the cattle ranching operations implied by the surrounding benchlands.

Erosion has carved a complex system of dry washes including Cottonwood Draw and the curiously named Drowned Draw. In the southern reaches, Sagebrush Bench and Rattlesnake Country provide a look at the topography of the San Rafael Swell region before modern infrastructure altered the more remote corners of the Utah desert. This preliminary survey, based on aerial photography from 1951, captures the raw state of the land at a time when only unimproved roads penetrated the interior.