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2011 Map of Florence Junction

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Florence Junction
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Queen Valley serves as a primary residential hub in this corner of Pinal County, featuring the Queen Valley Golf Course and a network of local streets such as N Cavendish St and N Queen Anne Dr. The landscape is defined by the ephemeral Queen Creek and the infrastructure built to manage it, notably the Whitlow Ranch Flood Control Basin. To the south, Florence Junction marks a significant desert crossroads where the Arizona Highway Department Florence Junction Maintenance Camp supports regional transit.

Legacy ranching operations and small settlements characterize the more isolated reaches of the map, including San Mateo Castro Ranch and Gold Camp. The presence of Smelter Town points to the area's industrial history, while landmarks like Elephant Butte and Comet Peak rise above the drainage systems of Whitlow Canyon and Tule Canyon. Numerous water tanks, such as Apache Land Tank and Junction Tank, are scattered across the terrain to support livestock and land management.