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1968 Map of Kline

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Kline
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Red Mesa dominates the southern landscape of this 1968 survey, where the small agricultural settlements of Kline, Breen, and Marvel are interconnected by a network of rural roads and irrigation works. The Southern Ute Indian Reservation Boundary cuts across the northern third of the map, marking a distinct transition in land use near the CSU San Juan Basin Branch Agricultural Experimental Station.

Water management is central to the area's development, evidenced by the La Plata River and the Big Stick Ditch winding through the terrain. Evidence of earlier industrial and transport history remains visible through an Old Railroad Grade and the Dunn Mine located in the northwest. Local community life is anchored at the Ft Lewis Mesa Sch and a local Cem, providing essential points of reference for genealogists tracing families in this corner of La Plata County.