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1967 Map of Deering Place

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Deering Place
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

The Pecos River carves a winding path through this corner of the High Plains, defining the landscape where the borders of De Baca and Chaves counties meet. This arid environment in the late 1960s is marked by a network of essential water sources, including numerous livestock wells and tanks like East Tank and Spring Tank. The geography is defined by broad flats such as North Flat and Pump Flat, occasionally interrupted by prominent features like La Espiaita Peak.

Human activity is concentrated at small outposts like Deering Place and the Benedict Ranch, while unnamed Ruins near the river suggest earlier habitation. Long, winding drainage systems including Huggins Draw, Wylie Draw, and Hernandez Draw reveal the natural paths of seasonal runoff. This map captures a specific ranching economy dependent on the river and scattered springs like Willow Spring and Middle Spring during a period of mid-century expansion in rural New Mexico.