
The high-desert city of Winnemucca serves as the focal point for this Nevada survey, showing the town's expansion toward the slopes of the Sonoma Range. The urban core is anchored by the Humboldt County Courthouse and Great Basin College, while the Winnemucca Cem sits on the western edge near the Humboldt River. The landscape transitions sharply from the street grid to the dramatic topography of the southeast, where a series of deep drainage cuts including Water Canyon, Thomas Canyon, and Railroad Canyon carve into the mountainside. To the northeast, the distinctive landform of Giants Grave and the nearby Giants Grave Spring provide important landmarks for local history and geography, while the network of mountain forks like N Fork Thomas Cr and S Fork Thomas Cr defines the local watershed.
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1882 · Paradise
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1893 · Paradise
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1932 · Sonoma Range
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1939 · Sonoma Range
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1955 · McDermitt
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1955 · Winnemucca
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Winnemucca
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Winnemucca
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1958 · Rose Creek
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1959 · McDermitt
USGS Topo · 1:250,000