2011 Map of West of Big Pass
USGS Topo · Published 2011About this map
The Newfoundland Evaporation Basin dominates this landscape in western Utah, illustrating a specialized industrial use of the Great Salt Lake Desert. Situated in Tooele County, the area is defined by the hydrologic engineering of the West Desert Pumping Project. This 2011 survey by the U.S. Geological Survey shows a terrain transformed by evaporation ponds and salt management. Unlike the rugged mountain ranges typically found in the region, this quadrangle focuses almost entirely on the flat, aquatic, and mineral-rich expanse of the basin floor, serving as a record of human environmental modification in one of the most arid regions of the country.
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Editions of this 2011 West of Big Pass Map
This is the sole edition of this map. No revisions or reprints were ever made.
Other maps of this area
1953 · Tooele
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1954 · Brigham City
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1955 · Tooele
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Brigham City
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1962 · Brigham City
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1973 · Knolls 2 NW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1973 · Floating Island NE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1973 · Floating Island
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1979 · Bonneville Salt Flats
USGS Topo · 1:100,000
1983 · Lucin 4 SW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000