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2011 Map of Stony Ridge

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Stony Ridge
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Mining operations and remote camps characterize this portion of Garfield County, where the industrial legacy of the Roaring Fork Valley area is etched into the landscape. Significant coal and mineral extraction sites are concentrated along the gulches, including the Union Mine, Spring Gulch Mine, and the dual operations at Thompson Creek Number One and Number Three. These workings follow the complex topography of Stony Ridge and Assignation Ridge, where steep drainages like Marion Gulch and Spring Gulch provide natural corridors for access and resource transport.

Evidence of early livestock and community life appears at Yank Creek Cow Camp and the Marion Cemetery, located near Jerome Park along Marion Cemetery Rd. The map tracks the vital water network of the North Thompson Creek and Middle Thompson Creek watersheds, which supported both the mining industry and high-elevation grazing. From the depths of the Sunshine Mine to the high waters of Lake Ridge Lakes, this survey provides a look at a landscape defined by extractive industry and high-country ranching.