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1983 Map of Double Wells

Name: 1983 Topographic Map of Double Wells
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

United States of America Estados Unidos Mexicanos international border defines the geography of this remote desert landscape in the early 1980s. The map illustrates the stark transition from the Sierra Rica mountains down into the Hachita Valley, where water is a critical resource represented by features like Border Tank and Muscratch Draw.

Evidence of desert habitation and livestock management is visible in the various named sites such as Double Wells and several Mexican ranch sites including El Cinco De Mayo and El Cincuenta y uno. Notably, the map records El Capricho (Abandanado), marking a site that had already ceased active use by the time of the 1977 field check. Much of the southwestern portion of the quadrangle is protected within the Big Hatchet State Game Refuge, showing a land primarily managed for wildlife and cross-border geography.