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1997 Map of Guadalupe Spring

Name: 1997 Topographic Map of Guadalupe Spring
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2003
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2003

About this map

The Coronado National Forest straddles the high desert borderlands where the Arizona-New Mexico state line meets the international boundary. This late 20th-century topography reveals a landscape defined by isolated water sources and sharp relief, centered around the Guadalupe Mountain and the deep cut of Guadalupe Canyon. Named peaks like Outlaw Mountain and Bunk Robinson Peak rise above a network of seasonal drainages including Cottonwood Creek and Cloverdale Creek.

Evidence of early ranching and frontier life is scattered throughout the canyons, marked by features such as Pickhandle Tank and a lone Cem (cemetery) in the western reaches. The reliance on subterranean water is clear from the density of named springs, such as Maverick Spring, Lee Howard Spring, and Bunk Robinson Spring, which provided essential stopovers in this arid terrain. The map also delineates the precise boundary between Cochise and Hidalgo counties.