THE CALIFORNIA DESERT WHO MANAGES the DESERT El Centro Field Office Havasu National Wildlife Refuge 1661 S
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BLM SPECIAL EDITION 1999 EXAMPLES OF AGENCY SIGNS SURFACE MANAGEMENT STATUS DESERT ACCESS GUIDE C aiiforma. c*cJ#der£ ocJidiricl ^^ v- Davis Dam BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT ^ USDA FOREST SERVICE 1:100,000-Scale topographic map showing: Highways, roads and other manmade structures • Water features • Contours and elevations in meters • Recreation sites Partial coverage of former desert access guide #13 Needles NATIONAL PARK SERVICE •IITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR /READ OF LAND MANAGEMENT CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS Edited and published by the Bureau of Land Management National Applied Resource Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management California State Office. Planimetry partially revised by BLM from various source material. Revised information not field ( li.'c (.cd Base map prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey. Compiled from USGS 1:24,000 and l:62,500-scale topographic maps dated 1956-1980, and from advance materials. Partially revised from aerial photographs taken 1980 and other source data. Revised information not CALIFORNIA STATE field checked. Map edited 1982. VEHICULAR RECREATION AREA Projection and 10,000-meter grid, zone 11: Universal Help protect your public lands by observing posted Transverse Mercator. 25,000-foot grid ticks based on Arizona OHV designations. Watch for OHV signs and read coordinate system, west zone, Nevada coordinate system, east them carefully. zone and California coordinate system, zone 5. 1927 North American Datum. For more information contact the BLM, USDA Forest Service, National Park Service, California State Park, Land lines are omitted in areas of extensive tract surveys. or California State Motorized Vechicle Recreation Area Office (see back panel for address and phone There may be private inholdings within the boundaries of numbers). the National or State reservations shown on this map. NATIONAL GEODETIC VERTICAL DATUM OF 1929 THIS MAP COMPLIES WITH NATIONAL MAP ACCURACY STANDARDS CONVERSION TABLE DECLINATION DIAGRAM ADJOINING MAPS METERS I FEET 1 2 3 T MN 250 820 GlUj 4 5 500 1640 750 2461 6 7 8 The Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife 1000 3281 1250 4101 71 Service, USDA Forest Service, and National Park 1500 4921 127' l?49 MILS 1 Mesquife Lake Service wilderness areas shown on this map were 1750 5741 26 MILS / / 2 Boulder City derived from the legislative maps, such as the 2000 6562 3 Peach Springs California Desert Protection Act of 1994. For more 4 Ivanpah information, contact the representative agency. UTM grid convergence 5 Valentine '.<: 'ivi'il :!!!•((•!:; fa 'oat (GN) and 1982 magnetic 6 Amboy multiply by 3.2808 declination (MN) 7 Needles To convert feet to meters at center of map multiply by 0.3048 Diagram is approximate 8 Bagdad FOR SALE BY U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS CALIFORNIA STATE OFFICE, SACRAMENTO, CA 95825 ARIZONA STATE OFFICE, PHOENIX, AZ 85004 NEVADA STATE OFFICE, RENO, NV 89520 AND U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, DENVER, CO 80225 ISBN D-bDT-iahas-E II llllll 111 111 1 20% ',•;•: ;:: -,',j'jl: 780607 934359 TOTAL RECOVERED FIBER Topographic Map Symbols Primary highway, hard surface , , , Secondary highway, hard surface Light duty, hard, or aggregate surface Streets, roads gradecEdrainedmatural surface Rough bladed or two-tracked surface Trail (foot, pack, bicycle, or as labeled) RACK Route marker: Interstate; U.S.; State ( J )\ (J Railroad: standard gage; narrow gage , , i , Bridge; overpass; underpass j, ,| ' I Tunnel: road; railroad j_^ | j ( | Built up area; locality; elevation I III • • 155 Airport; landing field; landing strip ma^tSm^ f CALIFORNIA DESERT AREA ACCESS GUIDE National boundary __ _. _ ____ _ _ ^_ INDEX TO 1:100,000-SCALE MAPS State boundary __ _ County boundary RED OUTLINE INDICATES PREVIOUS DESERT ACCESS GUIDES National or State reservation boundary . Land giant boundary U.S. public lands survey; range, township; section Range, township; section fine, protracted Power transmission line; pipeline . Dam; dam with lock I 1 ' r-Qr-\ Cemetery; building LG&03.J - ^B* Windmill; water well; spring S Mine shaft; adit or cave; mine, quarry; gravel pit e >— X. X Campground; picnic area; U.S. location monument. ... A -*- *. Ruins; cliff dwelling L _!?¥!!£_ 1 Distorted surface: strip mine, quarry; gravel pit j^wl&S}j.*3ftG DAVIS DAM, ARIZONA-NEVADA-CALIFORNIA \ Contours: index; intermediate; supplementary -S*^ —S SCALE 1:100,000 N3500-W11400/30X60 "^ Bafhymetric contours: index; intermediate S— Stream, lake: perennial; intermittent " v.XJ* 1 CENTIMETER ON THE MAP REPRESENTS 1 KILOMETER ON THE GROUND 10 12 13 Rapids, large and small; falls, large and small - CONTOUR INTERVAL 50 METERS RECREATIONAL SYMBOL Area to be submerged; marsh, swamp - LEGEND Land subject to controlled inundation Special area boundary . BUREAU OF LAND /MANAGEMENT SPECIAL SYMBOL Campground Parking |. Handicapped Facilities BLM recreation area boundary . INDEX TO 1:24,000-SCALE MAPS LEGEND LAND STATUS LEGEND National trail; back country, scenic byway Public Lands (Administered by Information Marina First Aid 1 Searchlight 17 West of Juniper Mine NONE — Bureau of Land Management) Indian Lands or Reservations State Lands Department of Energy Picnic Area Boat Ramp BLM Back Country Byway.. NOTE TO MAP USERS 2 Fourth of July Mountain 18 Juniper Mine Locked Gate • " 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Oregon & California Lands (O&C) Military Reservations and Withdrawals 3 Spirit Mountain NW 19 Bridge Canyon Route / Trail Marker Motor Boating... Restrooms Point of Interest The surface and minerals management status overprints are published as general 4 Spirit Mountain NE 20 Davis Dam Coos Bay Wagon Road (CBWR) . NONE Corps of Engineers NONE Bureau of Reclamation . Radio and Air Facilities planning and management tools. Some of the lands, surface and mineral rights, 5 Grasshopper Junction NW 21 Union Pass Bureau of Land Management . \338/ _ Hiking Four Wheel Drive Trail Picnic Shelter may have been shown as patented lands due to the lack of information 6 Grasshopper Junction 22 Secret Pass National Wildlife Refuges (Administered Power Withdrawals and available to BLM with respect to the nature of acquisition. Tracts less than 40 11 12 13 14 15 16 NONE NONE 9 10 7 Chloride 23 Kingman NW Forest Service MM National Forest by Fish & Wildlife Service) Classifications Miscellaneous Fishing Recreational Vehicle Camping. Drinking Water acres are usually omitted because of the map scale. The official land records in 8 Elements Canyon 24 Kingman the respective offices of the Bureau of Land Management or other responsible 9 Tenmile Well 25 Homer Mountain County. HH] Bankhead-Jones Land Use Lands Federal Agency Protective State, County, City; Wildlife, Park Hunting Historic Site Petroglyphs Federal agencies should be checked for up-to-date status on any specific tract NONE NONE 10 Searchlight SE 26 East of Homer Mountain National Grasslands (L.U. Lands) Withdrawals and Outdoor Recreation Areas. of land. Inadequacies in the BLM maps should be reported to the respective 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 National Park Service <2?> Scenic Area Lodging Gasoline Station 11 Spirit Mountain 27 Mount Manchester Acquired Lands Bureau of Land Management offices from which the maps were obtained. 12 Spirit Mountain SE 28 Davis Dam SE Horseback Trail. General Store Telephone 13 Burns Spring 29 Oatman Natiohal Parks and Monuments . Patented Lands Public Water Reserves .... (By Administering Agency) PUBLIC ACCESS 14 Grasshopper Junction SE 30 Mount Nutt 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Canoeing Swimming Fee Area 15 Cerbat 31 Kingman SW Roads crossing public lands may be travelled by the public unless closed by 16 Stockton Hill 32 Kingman SE Scenic Geology . Group Campground Trash Collection signing or notice by the land management agency. Public lands intervened by private lands may not have public access. Permission is required from the Ranger Station .. Trailhead private landowner to cross private land, unless access is provided by a Federal State, or County road, or a BLM road with legal access. WELCOME TO THE CALIFORNIA DESERT WHO MANAGES THE DESERT El Centro Field Office Havasu National Wildlife Refuge 1661 S. 4th Street P.O. Box 3009 Bureau of Land Management (BLM): The Within its 25-million-aere expanse—an area the size of Ohio—lies a land of extreme contrasts. From the relatively high Mojave Desert of Joshua El Centro, CA 92243 Needles, CA 92363 California Desert Conservation Area (CDCA) trees and creosote to the lower Colorado Desert of native fan palms, smoke trees and ocotillo, the California Desert offers a multitude of recreational (760) 337-4400 (760) 326-3853 was created by Congress in 1976 and opportunities. Whether you have come to hike or backpack, tour by auto or four-wheel drive, enjoy your off-highway vehicle (OHV), or ride horses or 1 Internet: www.ca.blm.gov/elcentro tJ) Mojave Road M Cottonwood Cove County Parks and Recreation Oj Packsaddle and Windy Point includes a long-term land use plan for the mountain bikes, please Tread Lightly! on the desert and Leave No Trace of your visit. Imperial National Wildlife Refuge Department, it is a modern camping management of public lands. The mission of mmmmKKMm Recreation Sites Needles Field Office P.O. Box 72217 (See map, B-6) Traveling across the deserl "community" with full amenities. the BLM is to sustain the health, diversity (See map, D-l) Located midway on the 101 W. Spikes Road Yuma, AZ 85365 is daunting for some people today, even i 11 western side of Lake Mojave, Cottonwood Upstream a few hundred yards stands and productivity of the public: lands for the (See map, 1-1) Located high above the old Needles, CA 92363 (520) 783-3371 our modern air-conditioned automobiles Cove hosts a full-service resort complete the 140-foot-high concrete mass of Davis use and enjoyment of present and future mining town of Chloride, Arizona, (760) 326-7000 so just imagine running on foot across with a motel, campground, restaurant, Dam, named for Arthur Powell Davis, generations.