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1964 Map of Kearny

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Kearny
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

Kelvin and Riverside sit at a sharp bend in the Gila River, serving as a hub for the industrial and mining activity that shaped this part of Pinal County in the early 1960s. The Southern Pacific Railroad parallels the river, connecting these settlements to Ray Junction and the larger town of Kearny, which displays a dense residential grid, a Hospital, and the Ray District High Sch.

Mining operations are scattered throughout the surrounding desert, including the Sultana-Arizona Mine near the river and the Old Ripsey Mine and Hackberry Mine tucked into the foothills of the Tortilla Mountains. Cultural landmarks such as the Kelvin Cem and the small Landing Strip near Kearny reflect the infrastructure of a working copper-country landscape. Numerous drainage systems like Steamboat Wash and Ripsey Wash carve through the arid terrain toward the Gila, defining the difficult geography between the mountains and the river valley.