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2013 Map of Denton Camp

Name: 2013 Topographic Map of Denton Camp
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2013
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2013

About this map

Denton Camp and the Denton Seven Ranch anchor this arid landscape in Chaves County, where water management is the primary human imprint on the terrain. The map reveals an extensive network of specialized infrastructure designed to sustain livestock in a dry environment, including numerous named windmills such as the Beatonbough Windmill, Apache Windmill, and Red Tank Windmill. These structures are strategically paired with earthen catchments or tanks, such as Weak Wells Tank and Sixmile Tank.

Surface water is scarce, represented by features like Salt Cedar Lake and Circle Y Tank near the northern boundary. Transportation is limited to functional ranching routes, including Co Road 3 and Co Road 69, which connect isolated stations like Denton Windmills. The systematic distribution of these features across the public land survey system blocks underscores the industrial scale of New Mexico ranching in the early 21st century.