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2018 Map of El Mirage

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of El Mirage
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

Luke Air Force Base anchor the western edge of this suburban landscape, where the expanding urban grid of the West Valley meets the drainage of the Agua Fria River. The map reveals a mosaic of master-planned communities and retirement enclaves, such as Sun City and Youngtown, which developed alongside agricultural and industrial operations like M R Tanner Mining Inc. Historical markers of an earlier era are still visible, including the Heath Grave in the south and the LaLoma Ranch near the boundary of Goodyear.

Water management is central to the area's layout, with the Aline Canal, Dysart Drain-Wash, and the North-Fork Lower El-Mirage Wash threading through residential developments and golf courses like Country Greens at Villa de Paz. This period of growth shows the transformation of citrus and cotton fields into dense neighborhoods like El Mirage and Peoria, connected by the dominant diagonal of Grand Ave.