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1980 Map of Toms Canyon

Name: 1980 Topographic Map of Toms Canyon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1980
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1980

About this map

The Toiyabe Range dominates this portion of Nye County, where steep drainage systems and narrow canyons define the landscape within the Toiyabe National Forest. The map detail highlights a network of remote transportation routes, including a Jeep Trail and various stretches of Pack Trail that once served early prospectors and ranchers. Evidence of the region's mineral history is found at the Wall Canyon Mine, situated high above the canyon floor near a well and a seasonal Spring.

Water sources are critical landmarks in this high-desert environment, with named features like Keough Spring providing essential waypoints. The drainage patterns of Peavine, Toms Canyon, and Wall Canyon illustrate the complex topography that constrained movement through the range. This 1980 survey, based on 1974 aerial photography, documents the area just as modern recreation and conservation began to supersede traditional mining and grazing as the primary human activities in the range.