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1963 Map of Garland Prairie

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Garland Prairie
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

The Navajo Army Depot Military Reservation dominates the eastern landscape of this quadrangle, its restricted boundaries meeting the wooded slopes of the Coconino National Forest. To the west, the open expanse of Garland Prairie is marked by a complex network of watering points critical for ranching and forest management, including Garland Spring, Allan Tank, and Horse Lake. The northern edge is defined by the heavy infrastructure of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad, which cuts through the high timberland.

Industrial and lookout activities are evident through the presence of a Cinder Pit near the northern boundary and a Lookout Tower atop Volunteer Mountain. This survey captures the mid-century intersection of military land use, commercial rail transport, and natural resource management within the Kaibab National Forest, documented just before the modern expansion of Interstate 40 began to shift the region's historical travel corridors.