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1993 Map of Dawson Draw

Name: 1993 Topographic Map of Dawson Draw
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1993
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1993

About this map

Uncompahgre National Forest and San Juan National Forest meet in this 1993 study of the high plateau and canyon country. The map centers on the drainage of Disappointment Creek, where the broad flat of the Valley is punctuated by irrigation and ranching infrastructure such as the Siphon, a Flowing Well, and the Daddy Williams Bridge. Evidence of human effort to extract value from this arid landscape is visible in the numerous Prospect markings and the more substantial Klondike site at the northern edge of Klondike Basin.

Sharp elevation changes are traced through Box Canyon and the deep incisions of Dawson Draw and Andy Draw. Remote survey points like a Cem and a Drill Hole provide specific data points for genealogists and surveyors looking into the late twentieth-century state of the San Miguel Co Dolores Co boundary. The prevalence of a Pack Trail network suggests a region where traditional backcountry movement remained essential well into the modern era.