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1957 Map of Avondale SW

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Avondale SW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

The Gila River defines the northern reaches of this landscape, carving through the Buckeye Valley before meeting the arid expanses of the Rainbow Valley to the south. This 1957 survey, with revisions from 1971, captures a period of desert transformation where irrigation infrastructure and transportation routes like the Jackrabbit Trail began to structure the terrain between the river and the peaks of the Sierra Estrella.

Evidence of early local settlement is found at the Liberty Cem near the river, while the eastern portion of the sheet is dominated by the nascent boundaries of Estrella Mountain Regional Park. Significant drainage patterns are documented through the paths of Waterman Wash and Corgett Wash, which cut across a network of unimproved roads and specialized features such as a Landing Strip and a large northern Reservoir.