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1983 Map of Wrights Reservoir

Name: 1983 Topographic Map of Wrights Reservoir
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1985

About this map

Wrights Reservoir serves as a central landmark in this high-altitude landscape along the border of Park and Teller counties. Surveyed in the mid-1970s and updated in the early 1980s, the map reveals a remote ranching and mining terrain defined by the drainage of Fourmile Creek. The presence of Fourmile Ch and Fourmile Cem indicates a localized community center, while numerous small mining sites like the Prospects near Dog Head and various Quarry locations suggest a history of resource extraction.

The southwestern portion of the sheet is dominated by the Pike National Forest, where steep drainages such as Mill Gulch and Box Canyon cut through the topography. These smaller waterways, including Slater Creek and Barnard Creek, feed into the larger creek systems that shaped the settlement patterns of this era. The detailed benchmark data and numerous springs throughout the Beasley Hills area provide a specific record of the water resources and surveying points crucial to local land management at the time.