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1954 Map of Buckskin Gulch SW

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Buckskin Gulch SW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1954
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1954

About this map

The Utah-Arizona borderland in Kane County appears here during a period of active ranching and cattle grazing across the high desert. Two primary homesteads, the Hoda Ranch and School Section Ranch, serve as the only human outposts in a landscape defined by seasonal watercourses like Petrified Hollow Wash and Telegraph Wash. The reliance on local hydrology is evident in the numerous Stock Ponds scattered throughout the territory to support livestock.

Transportation through this arid terrain follows established routes including the Paria Road and the Old Arizona Road, which cross the southern portion of the sheet near the Kane County and Coconino County line. The topography transitions from the open stretches of Telegraph Flat to deeply eroded washes, providing a detailed record of the mid-century ranching infrastructure before modern land-use changes.