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1966 Map of Keams Canyon

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Keams Canyon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

Keams Canyon serves as a primary hub within this high-desert landscape, situated along the Keams Canyon Wash at the foot of Antelope Mesa. The 1960s mapping detail shows the administrative and community infrastructure of the Hopi Indian Reservation, including a Radio Facility, a Trading Post, and the Kit Carson Inscription Picnic Area. To the north, the terrain transitions into the Navajo and Hopi Joint Use Area, where the settlement of Low Mountain sits near Polacca Wash.

The cultural history of the region is deeply etched into the topography, with several ancestral locations identified such as Nesuftanga (Site) and Chakpahu (Site). Drainage patterns like the Jadito Wash and Tse Chizzi Wash carve through the mesas, supporting scattered springs such as Echo Spring and Smoke Signal Spring. This era captures a landscape of shared land use and ancient footprints before modern development altered the remote character of these tribal highlands.