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2017 Map of Canon Colorado

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Canon Colorado
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

Kiowa National Grassland encompasses this high plains landscape along the Mora and Harding County line. The terrain is deeply incised by the drainage systems of the Canadian River and its major tributary, Arroyo Piedra Lumbre. This network of steep-walled ravines includes numerous named canyons that suggest a history of local land usage and family settlement, such as Cañon Valdez, Cañon Monnet, Cañon Hondo, and Cañon Juan Maestas.

Located near the western edge of the plateau, the solitary Países Cem sits as a quiet marker of the small communities that once established roots in this arid environment. The map shows the transition from the relatively flat grassland surface to the complex topography of the canyon breaks, accessible primarily via the primitive trace of Mills Canyon Rd. This survey documents a remote corner of New Mexico where the geography is defined more by its geological fissures than by modern development.