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2011 Map of Buckhorn

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Buckhorn
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

The settlement of Buckhorn anchors this 2011 survey, showing a landscape defined by planned communities and specialized desert residential enclaves in Maricopa County. The development pattern is highly structured around irrigation and recreation, with the Southern Canal cutting across the northern reaches and numerous golf courses, such as Camelot Golf Course and the Sunland Village Golf Course, integrated into the suburban fabric. Significant landmarks include the Apache Post Office and the Mountain View Cemetery, while the varied topography of the area is represented by isolated peaks like Spook Hill and Thunder Mountain.

Social and residential history is evident in the naming of neighborhoods such as Leisure World, Dreamland Villa, and the Arizona Girls Ranch. These labels reveal a transition from traditional agricultural or open ranch land to a densely populated desert metropolis. The presence of Falcon Field in the west and the expansive road network following the grid system, including E Main St and E Broadway Rd, demonstrates the massive scale of late-20th-century expansion that reshaped this portion of the East Valley.