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2023 Map of Ciniza

Name: 2023 Topographic Map of Ciniza
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2023
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2023

About this map

Cibola National Forest encompasses the southern half of this McKinley County landscape, where the terrain rises sharply toward Barometer Mtn and the prominent McKenzie Ridge. The northern corridor is defined by the South Fork Puerco River valley, a vital transportation artery hosting the settlements of Jamestown, Perea, and South Guam. This area demonstrates a classic Western alignment of modern infrastructure—including Interstate 40 and various county roads like Co RD 27—overlaid upon the traditional drainage patterns of the high desert.

Deeply incised drainages such as Sixmile Canyon, Fourmile Canyon, and Smith Canyon carve through the forest, leading toward the northern plains. Water sources are scarce but significant, marked by features like Sixmile Spring and the drainage of Whitewater Canyon. This map provides a clear look at the contemporary boundary between the protected forest lands and the developed river valley at the start of the 2020s.