1988 Map of Colorado City

About this map

Colorado City sits at the base of the dramatic Vermilion Cliffs in this late 1980s provisional study, straddling the high desert boundary between Arizona and Utah. The map details a landscape defined by seasonal water management and topographical extremes, where Short Creek flows near the town site while the surrounding plateau is marked by isolated water sources like Maroney Well and Formaster Tank. To the east, the terrain rises sharply toward Cottonwood Point and Wilderness areas, revealing the transition from the gridded streets of the settlement to the winding corridors of Cottonwood Wash. Local infrastructure, including a Sewage Disposal Plant and a Gravel Pit, indicates the mid-century development of this isolated community. Genealogists and historians can locate a Cem near the cliffs and trace the scattered homesteads of Cane Beds south of the primary township.