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2012 Map of White Sage Canyon

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of White Sage Canyon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

Monitor Valley provides the broad western backdrop for this desert landscape, where the terrain rises sharply toward the eastern peaks of the Monitor Range. The map documents a sparsely populated corridor of central Nevada, characterized by dry drainages and the essential locations of isolated water sources such as South Brock Spring, Goat Spring, and White Sage Spring. These points of reliable water have historically dictated movement and survival in the high desert.

White Sage Canyon serves as a primary geographic feature, cutting through the highlands. The mapping of Forest Service and local roads like 025 and 513 illustrates the thin network of access routes used by ranchers and outdoorsmen in the early twenty-first century. This topography remains largely defined by its natural water features and the sharp elevation changes between the valley floor and the surrounding ranges.