1972 Map of Lockwood Arroyo

About this map

The Bear Springs Hills dominate the northern terrain of this Las Animas County landscape, where complex drainage patterns are defined by several seasonal watercourses. The network of the Middle Bear Springs Arroyo, East Bear Springs Arroyo, and Sheep Canyon Arroyo illustrates the erosional forces shaping this part of Colorado. In the southern half of the map, the Big Arroyo Hills and Lockwood Arroyo anchor a region marked by significant elevation changes, though the area remains largely undeveloped. Human activity is evidenced primarily by industrial transit, most notably the Pipeline and its associated Pipeline Road which cut across the southern topography. This 1970s record, updated in the mid-1980s, highlights a period of remote land management where infrastructure was limited to utility corridors and scattered Springs.