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1996 Map of Gakolik Mountains

Name: 1996 Topographic Map of Gakolik Mountains
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2000
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2000

About this map

The Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation occupies this portion of the Sonoran Desert, dominated by the stark contrast between jagged mountain ranges and expansive alluvial basins. The Gakolik Mountains and the Sikort Chuapo Mountains rise sharply above the desert floor, creating a topography that historically directed movement and settlement into the neighboring Hickiwan Valley and Quijotoa Valley.

Human presence is marked by the settlement at Hotason Vo in the southwest and a solitary Corral to the east, illustrating a landscape primarily dedicated to traditional uses and sparse desert habitation. This 1996 imagery update maintains the record of section lines and township boundaries like T 13 S, providing a framework for understanding land tenure within the reservation boundaries at the close of the twentieth century.