Great Salt Lake Desert dominates this 2020 landscape in Tooele County, Utah, where the vast, flat expanse of the salt crust is mapped with precision. The map illustrates a nearly featureless basin defined primarily by its hydrological boundaries and the subtle topography of the desert floor. In the northwestern corner, a segment of White Rock Rd provides the only significant indication of modern infrastructure within this specific quadrant. The absence of traditional settlements, schools, or churches reflects the extreme environmental conditions of this arid region, where the primary human footprint is limited to the peripheral roadway network and the surveying lines of the Public Land Survey System.
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1953 · Tooele
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1954 · Wig Mtn SW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1954 · Wildcat Mtn
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1954 · Wildcat Mtn SE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1954 · Wig Mtn NW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1955 · Wig Mtn
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1955 · Wig Mtn NE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1955 · Tooele
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1973 · Knolls SE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1973 · Aragonite SE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000