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2021 Map of Virgin Valley

Name: 2021 Topographic Map of Virgin Valley
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2021
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2021

About this map

Gooch Table and Rock Spring Table dominate the high-elevation landscape of this remote corner of Humboldt County. These broad, flat-topped mesas rise above the surrounding basin, where a series of water management features and natural springs punctuate the arid terrain. The northern reaches of the map are defined by a cluster of numbered reservoirs, including Dufurrena Pond Number Nineteen and Dufurrena Pond Number Twenty-One, which reflect early 21st-century efforts to capture runoff from Thousand Cr.

Lower in the valley, the Virgin Valley Reservoir sits along the route of Virgin Valley Rd, serving as a critical water source in a region otherwise characterized by ephemeral drainages like Sagebrush Cr. Evidence of the area's geological lure is found at the Opal Mine, while names like Warm Spring and Mud Spring Canyon indicate the specific hydrologic features that have historically drawn ranching and mining interests to these high-desert flats.