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2017 Map of Faywood Station

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Faywood Station
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

Faywood Station serves as the namesake hub in this arid landscape straddling the southern border of Grant and Luna Counties. The area is defined by a series of intermittent watercourses and thermal features that historically dictated travel and ranching patterns. To the east, hydraulic interest is concentrated around Kennecott Warm Springs and Warm Springs, along with the localized Lindauer Spring near the banks of Cold Water Creek.

The southwestern portion of the quadrangle is dominated by the broad course of the San Vicente Arroyo, which is paralleled by Bertha Moore Road. These features, along with Whitewater Creek and the deep cuts of Lampbright Draw and Hogback Draw, illustrate the drainage network typical of the New Mexico high desert. The grid of the Public Land Survey System imposes a geometric order over the shifting sands and ephemeral streams of the Chihuahuan Desert margin.