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1968 Map of Lesbia

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

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Lesbia serves as a small rail-side anchor in this high plains landscape of Quay County, where the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad cuts a straight line through the territory. The map reveals an intricate network of irrigation infrastructure managed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, including the Hudson Lateral, Benson Lateral, and numerous ditches named for local families such as the Jones Lateral, Simmons Lateral, and Thomas Lateral.

Modern infrastructure of the late 1960s is represented by the Tucumcari Municipal Airport and its associated Radio Facility, while the natural drainage of the land is defined by the winding paths of Plaza Larga Creek, Alamosito Creek, and Barranca Creek. This survey captures the transition of the arid New Mexico terrain into a managed agricultural corridor through the systematic distribution of water via the Pipeline Canal and its many branches.