
The Santa Cruz Flats define the central agricultural and transportation corridor of this Pinal County landscape, where the Southern Pacific railroad and Interstate 10 parallel one another through the desert. This 1994 edition reveals a region transitioning from traditional ranching and mining toward modern suburban growth in Casa Grande and Arizona City. To the north, the Casa Grande National Monument Ruins stands as a preserved archaeological site near Coolidge, while the vast Papago Indian Reservation (Tohono O'odham Nation) and Gila River Indian Reservation occupy the surrounding plains. The map details an extensive irrigation network including the Greene Canal and the Pima Lateral, essential for the survival of settlements like Eloy and Toltec in the arid environment. Rising sharply from the flats, the Picacho Mountains and Silver Reef Mountains contain historic industrial sites such as the Silver Reef Mine.
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