1963 Map of Cactus Tank

About this map

Mesa Antonio Ortiz Montoya dominates this New Mexico landscape, which was meticulously mapped in the early 1960s. The map captures a transition between the rugged mesa terrain and the lowlands of the Conchas River to the north and Alamito Creek to the south. This era reveals a sparsely populated ranching environment where water management was critical, evidenced by the distribution of catchment points like Cactus Tank, Saxon Tank, and Horsehead Tank.