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1987 Map of Wilson Creek

Name: 1987 Topographic Map of Wilson Creek
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1988
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1988

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Wilson Mesa dominates the northern reaches of this landscape, situated just south of the sprawling Glen Canyon area. The 1980s terrain is defined by the high-water mark of Lake Powell, which floods the deep canyons of the San Juan River and the Colorado R. In the southern portion of the sheet, the boundary of the Navajo Indian Reservation meets the National Recreation Area, indicating the complex jurisdictional history of this canyon country.

A historic throughway, the Emigrant Trail, traverses the northern mesas, passing through Aladdins Lamp Pass and across Grey Mesa. This route represents a preserved piece of nineteenth-century overland travel history amidst a landscape later transformed by massive water projects. Smaller drainages like Wilson Creek, Desha Creek, and Nasja Creek provide a look at the intricate network of tributaries that feed the central reservoir system.