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2020 Map of Crystal

Name: 2020 Topographic Map of Crystal
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2020
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

The Chuska Mountains dominate this high-altitude landscape on the border of San Juan and McKinley counties. Central to the map is the settlement of Crystal, situated near Sage Lake, where the drainage of Crystal Creek carves through the terrain. To the north, the small community of Red Valley sits beneath the rising slopes, illustrating the scattered residential patterns typical of this portion of the Shiprock Agency.

A network of service routes and timber tracks, such as Indian Service Route 32 and Logging Road 7-190, weave through the elevations, connecting remote points like Vicenti Spring and Berland Lake. The Presence of Old Min Road and various logging paths suggests a landscape long defined by resource access. In the southern reaches, the geography opens into the Black Salt Valley, while Todacheene Lake rests in the northeast, highlighting the importance of isolated water sources in this arid environment.