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1996 Map of Fairbank

Name: 1996 Topographic Map of Fairbank
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2002
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2002

About this map

Fairbank and Charleston serve as primary focal points along the San Pedro River in this survey based on late 20th-century planimetry. The landscape reveals a transition from the early mining and ranching era to modern conservation efforts, highlighted by the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area. Evidence of historical industry is visible through the Charleston Lead Mine and various prospects scattered near Graveyard Gulch.

Transportation and infrastructure are defined by an Old Railroad Grade and a modern pipeline, while the western edge is dominated by the Fort Huachuca Military Reservation. Topographic details like The Three Brothers Hills and Mays Hills frame the river valley, where ruins and old homesteads like Boquillas Ranch hint at the area's deep settlement history before contemporary resource management took hold.