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2014 Map of Brown Mountain

Name: 2014 Topographic Map of Brown Mountain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2014
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2014

About this map

Old Tucson and the surrounding Sonoran landscape appear in high detail at the edge of the Tucson Mountains in this 2014 survey. The map documents a transition from the structured residential developments of Tucson Estates and Valencia West to the rugged desert terrain of Brown Mountain and the Red Hills. Infrastructure is a primary focus, notably the Central Arizona Project Aqueduct cutting through the Avra Valley and the aviation facilities at Ryan Field.

Local history is reflected in the network of family and descriptive road names like N Camino Altar and W Pajaro Verde. The topography reveals the natural drainage patterns of King Canyon and the surrounding desert floor. This edition captures the extent of suburban expansion toward the wilderness boundaries of the Schuk Toak District, providing a precise record of late-twentieth and early-twenty-first-century land use near Picture Rocks.