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1998 Map of Aripine

Name: 1998 Topographic Map of Aripine
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2000
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2000

About this map

Aripine and its surrounding ranch lands appear here in the high timber and wash country of Navajo County. The landscape is defined by the Sitgreaves National Forest, where a sparse network of ranching outposts and water management tanks supports life across the high terrain. Named ranching operations such as Halter Cross Ranch, Reidhead Ranch, and Blevins Ranch are scattered throughout the quadrangle, connected by dirt roads and drainage systems like Phoenix Park Wash and Decker Wash.

Water is the central theme of this arid landscape, evidenced by the numerous named stock tanks like Pig Pen Tank, Shell Tank, and Horseshoe Tank. For local historians and genealogists, the identification of the Decker Ranch (Site) and institutions like the Sundown Girls Ranch or the LDS Ranch provide clear markers of historical habitation and land use within the forest boundaries at the close of the twentieth century.