1965 Map of Aztec SE

About this map

Stanwix Flats and the broad expanse of Park Valley dominate this mid-1960s desert landscape, where the southern reaches of the Luke Air Force Range occupy the lower portion of the terrain. The Southern Pacific railroad cuts a straight line through the northern half, serving the small settlement at Stanwix and passing several borrow pits that suggest the infrastructure needs of the era. The land is marked by the passage of water through Tenmile Wash, which winds across the basin toward the southwest. Life in this arid environment is tied to established water sources such as Stamps Well and other unnamed wells scattered near the railroad. A Jeep Trail provides one of the few ways to navigate the open country south of the tracks, while the boundary between Yuma and Maricopa counties bisects the quadrangle, marking a political division in the open desert.