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1968 Map of Kingman Airport

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Kingman Airport
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1980
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1980

About this map

Kingman Airport serves as a central hub in this high-desert landscape, illustrating the infrastructure of Mohave County during the late 1960s. The site is a complex of aviation and utility facilities, including a Radio Facility and a Fire Sta, surrounded by a burgeoning street grid that includes Thompson Avenue and Northern Avenue. The heavy rail influence of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad cuts diagonally across the Hualapai Valley, marking the primary transportation artery through the region.

Small rail-side settlements and transit points like Walapai and Berry provide historical context for the local economy. The map also documents essential water management and industrial landmarks, from the Sewage Disposal facility to remote stock watering points like Fence Line Tank. This 1968 survey captures the area just as modern infrastructure began to define the wide-open basin of the valley floor.