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2013 Map of Canon Olguin

Name: 2013 Topographic Map of Canon Olguin
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2013
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2013

About this map

San Miguel Ranch Airport serves as a small aviation hub in this corner of San Miguel County, where the landscape is defined by an intricate network of drainages and mesas. The territory is carved by numerous canyons, including Cañon Olguin, Cañon Largo, and Cañon de las Yeguas. These deep-cut features, along with Trementina Cr and its tributaries like Arroyo Banco Quemado, demonstrate the complex erosional patterns typical of this New Mexico region.

Transportation through the area is facilitated by county routes like CO Road C-51-A and CO Road C-56-A, which navigate between the high points of Mesa Huerfanita and Mesa Huerfana. The transition from the plateau surfaces of Las Cañadas down into the various canyon floors reveals a highly segmented terrain where local land management is organized by the Public Land Survey System, as seen in the grid of t16n r22e and surrounding townships.