Blue Lake sits at the base of the salt flats in this 2012 survey of the Tooele County borderlands. The terrain is defined by the sharp transition between the western desert floor and the marshy edges of the great basins. Braided drainage patterns such as Felt Wash cut through the arid landscape, channeling seasonal runoff toward the low-lying wetlands. The map illustrates a largely uninhabited expanse where modern roads skirt the edge of the vast salt-encrusted plains. This specific environment highlights the hydrological balance of the region, where isolated water bodies like Blue Lake provide critical reference points in an otherwise feature-sparse desert geography.
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1953 · Tooele
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1955 · Tooele
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1955 · Elko
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Elko
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1962 · Elko
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1965 · Elko
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1972 · Ferguson Flat
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1972 · Ferguson Mtn.
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1972 · Ola
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1972 · Spring Gulch
USGS Topo · 1:24,000