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1979 Map of Cedar Lake Wash

Name: 1979 Topographic Map of Cedar Lake Wash
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

Cedar Lake Reservoir and the surrounding high desert of Apache County define this 1970s topographic landscape. The terrain is marked by seasonal drainages and cattle-ranching infrastructure, with numerous Water Tanks and a Corral situated near the winding course of the Zuni River. The map captures a sparsely populated region where family-named landmarks like Bird Place provide rare points of human settlement amidst the shifting elevations of Twin Buttes.

Surface water management is central to the land's utility, as seen in the networks of Cedar Lake Wash and Hardscrabble Wash. This survey, compiled from 1972 aerial photography and 1974 field checks, serves as a detailed record of land use before later development, documenting the exact placement of windmills (marked as WT) and physical boundaries such as Township 16 North and 15 North that organized this remote Arizona territory.