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1974 Map of Tule Springs Park

Name: 1974 Topographic Map of Tule Springs Park
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1991
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1991

About this map

Floyd R Lamb State Park anchors the eastern edge of this landscape during a period of significant urban transition in Clark County. The map documents the expanding Las Vegas Corporate Boundary as it reaches toward the alluvial fans of the northwestern valley. This movement of the city fringe is contrasted by the proximity of the Desert National Wildlife Range, which occupies the high ground to the northeast.

Evidence of historical utility and industry is visible in the prominent Railroad Grade cutting diagonally across the terrain, alongside numerous resource extraction sites like Gravel Pits and individual Prospect markers. For those tracing the evolution of local infrastructure, the emergence of early residential thoroughfares like Ann Road and the presence of several Wells highlight the essential water and transportation networks that facilitated the valley's mid-century expansion.