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2021 Map of Friendly Corners

Name: 2021 Topographic Map of Friendly Corners
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2021
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2021

About this map

Friendly Corners sits at a crossroads in the arid Pinal County landscape, where an organized grid of agricultural and residential roads meets the natural drainage of the Santa Cruz River. The mapping shows a significant hydraulic infrastructure designed to manage water in this desert environment, most notably the Greene Canal which cuts across the northern half of the quadrangle. This system, along with named water catchments like Big Tank, Morris Tank, and Coffee Tank, illustrates the long-standing efforts to sustain life and farming in the Santa Cruz Valley.

The topography transitions from the developed flats near Greene Reservoir Rd and Eleven Mile Corner Rd toward the open desert reaching south to the Pinal Co Pima Co boundary. The prevalence of family-named thoroughfares such as S Barrett Rd and Tweedy Rd suggests the rooted agricultural history of the region. This 2021 survey provides a contemporary look at the intersection of modern infrastructure and the traditional water-management routes that have defined this portion of Arizona.