1996 Map of La Junta SE

About this map

Comanche National Grassland defines this high-plains landscape, where the conservation efforts of the USDA Forest Service are layered over a grid of ranching roads and water improvements. This late twentieth-century revision reveals a terrain deeply etched by drainage systems like Anderson Arroyo and the unnamed Arroyo to the north, which flow toward the deeper incisions of the canyon country. The map illustrates a landscape of utility and resource management, marked by numerous Pipeline corridors and isolated water sources such as a Spring and Well that sustained local agricultural operations. In the south, the dramatic topography of David Canyon and Vogel Canyon breaks the plateau, providing a detailed look at the geographic features that have historically influenced movement and land use in this part of Otero County.