2002 Map of Laguna Ortiz

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Hurtado Mesa dominates the eastern horizon of this landscape, where the high desert terrain transitions into the protected timberlands of the Santa Fe National Forest. This 2002 revision, based on earlier topographic data and mid-1990s imagery, documents a land defined by water management in a semi-arid climate. A network of drainage features like Arroyo de Chamizal and Arroyo El Bragoso carve through the earth, feeding into numerous livestock and wildlife sources such as Laguna Ortiz, Madrid Tank, and the Wildlife Trick Tank.