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1988 Map of Tonopah Ridge

Name: 1988 Topographic Map of Tonopah Ridge
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1988
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1988

About this map

Industrial activity and the high-desert terrain of Park County define this 1980s landscape. The Spring Creek Oil Field and the Tonopah Pitchfork Oil Field dominate the central and southwestern portions of the sheet, marked by a dense network of pipelines and tanks that speak to the region's energy economy. These operations sit between prominent topographic features such as Tonopah Pitchfork Ridge and the dramatic Meeteetse Rim to the northeast.

A complex drainage system of ephemeral and year-round streams carves through the basins, including Meeteetse Creek, Rawhide Creek, and Spring Creek. In the southeast, the Spring Creek Basin provides a natural pocket of lower elevation. The map captures the area just before the turn of the decade, showing the established infrastructure of the oil fields alongside the traditional open range demarcated by fences and corrals.