2023 Map of Fort Sumner West

About this map

The Pecos River valley defines the eastern edge of this De Baca County landscape, where the northwestern outskirts of Fort Sumner meet the high plains of New Mexico. The town's grid is represented by residential corridors like Santa Fe Ave and Trujillo St, leading toward the local burial grounds at Saint Anthony Cem. To the west, the terrain transitions into a more sparsely populated expanse of ranch land and section lines, marked by routes such as Steel Rd and the east-west corridor of Ricaedo Rd. Further south along the railway line, the small siding or settlement of Agudo sits isolated within the expansive prairie, illustrating the region's historical reliance on rail and road networks to connect its remote ranching communities. This survey documents the intersection of river-dependent settlement and the vast, open range of eastern New Mexico.