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1960 Map of Kingman

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Kingman
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

About this map

Kingman serves as the eastern anchor of this 1960 survey, a high-desert crossroads where U.S. Highway 66 meets the Santa Fe railroad. The landscape is defined by the sharp transition from the Colorado River corridor to the surrounding mountain ranges, featuring the newly formed Lake Mohave and the sprawling Lake Mead National Recreational Area. Historically significant mining districts are scattered throughout the McCullough Range and Cerbat Mountains, with labels identifying operations like the Lucky Dutchman Mine and Mocking Bird Mine.

Smaller settlements such as the mining town of Oatman and the community of Chloride represent the region's enduring extraction economy. Further west, the map details the infrastructure of Boulder City and the Fort Mohave Indian Reservation, alongside curious locations like Santa Claus. The transportation network relies heavily on the Union Pacific tracks cutting through the Ivanpah Valley and across the Detrital Valley, linking remote outposts like Kelso and Searchlight to the larger regional hubs.