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1981 Map of Amado

Name: 1981 Topographic Map of Amado
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

Amado sits at the heart of this southern Arizona landscape, where the Santa Cruz River valley meets the arid foothills of the Tumacacori Mountains. During the early 1980s, the area's development was defined by the Interstate 19 corridor, punctuated by interchanges such as the Arivaca-Amado Interchange and Agua Linda-Amado Interchange. The map reveals a transition from traditional ranching operations like the Sopori Ranch and Agua Linda to modern additions such as Greyhound Park.

Historical land grants and ranching legacies are evident in the San Ignacio De La Canoa territory and the various named wells and tanks, including Patterson Tank and Diablito Tank, which supported livestock in the desert. The Southern Pacific railroad parallels the river, tracing a transportation corridor that has long connected the region's scattered settlements like Arivaca Junction to larger hubs.