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1954 Map of Stinking Spring Creek 1 SW

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

USGS Topo · Published 1954

About this map

Lone Man Butte and the Twin Knolls rise from a landscape shaped by intricate drainage systems in this mid-century survey of Emery County. The terrain is defined by complex erosional features such as Sinbad and Home Base, where the scarcity of water is punctuated by isolated resources like The Big Pond, Woodpile Pond, and the Crawford Holes.

Resource exploration is evident through the presence of the Oil Well (Alan 1) and the Georges Draw Well, suggesting an era of subsurface investigation in this arid interior. Settlers and ranchers named the land after its sparse but vital landmarks, from Charley Flat to the Lone Parson Hole. The map documents a network of seasonal watercourses, including Reid Neilson Draw and Earls Draw, which dictated movement and land use across this high-desert environment before modern infrastructure transformed the region.