2017 Map of Dora NW

About this map

Red Lake serves as a primary geographical marker in this high plains landscape of Roosevelt County, New Mexico. The area is defined by a rigid rectilinear grid of section lines and gravel paths, where S Roosevelt Road 18 and S Roosevelt Road 20 bisect the open terrain. This 2017 survey shows the persistent structure of the Public Land Survey System, with the land divided into townships and ranges that have shaped local ranching and agricultural boundaries for generations. The drainage patterns and topographic contours reveal a series of subtle depressions and intermittent water features typical of the Llano Estacado. Navigational arteries like S Roosevelt Road Y and S Roosevelt Road X provide access to the remote sections between the sparse water sources, illustrating the organized, low-density settlement pattern of the eastern New Mexico borderlands.