1983 Map of Brazos Peak

About this map

The Tierra Amarilla Grant dominates this northern New Mexico landscape, a massive tract of land surveyed here in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The terrain is defined by dramatic vertical relief, ranging from the heights of Brazos Peak and Sugar Loaf Mountain to the sheer drop of the Brazos Cliffs in the southeast. Water follows steep descent patterns through complex drainage systems, including Chavez Creek and the West Fork Chavez Creek, which carve out deep geological features like the Chavez Box.