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1988 Map of Turkey Knob

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

USGS Topo · Published 1988

About this map

Turkey Knob stands as a prominent landmark in this section of Garfield County, an area defined by deep drainages and high mesa formations in the late 1980s. The landscape is carved by a network of seasonal watercourses, including North Wash, Cottonwood Wash, and Seep Wash, which flow toward the Colorado River system. High elevation features like Trachyte Point and Cedar Point provide natural overlooks across the arid terrain.

Evidence of local resource management and land use appears in the form of the Lone Cedar Reservoir on Lone Cedar Flat, while the presence of Gravel Pits suggests small-scale industrial activity. The map also records distinctive geological features, from the Sand Dunes near the center of the quadrangle to the ominous naming of Death Canyon. This provisional survey preserves the precise topography of these remote basins and benches before modern recreational impacts altered the desert floor.