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1972 Map of Hennessy Buttes

Name: 1972 Topographic Map of Hennessy Buttes
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

Hennessy Buttes dominate this high-desert landscape in Navajo County, characterized by a complex network of ephemeral drainages and essential water-management features. The map illustrates a region where life and commerce depended on seasonal water flow, as seen in the prominent Leroux Wash and Digger Wash. Scattered throughout the terrain are numerous man-made water catchments like Four Section Tank, Spurlock Tank, and Wagon Lake Tank, reflecting the area's grazing and ranching history.

Evidence of small-scale resource extraction and land use is present through various Borrow Pit excavations and scattered Prospects near the buttes. A Corral and several Jeep Trail paths indicate the persistent, though sparse, human presence in this arid environment during the early 1970s. This survey, later updated in 1983, serves as a record of the infrastructure required to sustain activity across this section of the Arizona desert.