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1966 Map of Hunter Wash

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Hunter Wash
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1995
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1995

About this map

Navajo Indian Reservation lands dominate this mid-century landscape, where the confluence of several seasonal watercourses shapes the high desert terrain. The Chaco River snakes through the center of the sheet, joined by Hunter Wash, Indian Creek, and De-na-zin Wash. This 1966 field-checked data captures a period of industrial infrastructure development, evidenced by a prominent Pipeline cutting diagonally across the northern and western sections of the territory.

Water management is central to the human footprint here, indicated by numerous scattered Wells positioned to tap into the arid subsurface. While the area is largely characterized by its natural drainage patterns and topographical relief, a solitary Mine in the south-central portion suggests localized extraction efforts. The map serves as a primary record of land use and resource transportation within San Juan County before later developments altered the character of these ancestral lands.