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2017 Map of Los Indios Canyon

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Los Indios Canyon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

The Continental Divide traverses this high-country landscape in Rio Arriba County, marking the hydrologic backbone of the region within the Santa Fe National Forest. This 2017 survey details a network of drainage systems and canyons that define the local topography, including Los Indios Canyon, Cisneros Canyon, and the curiously named Stock Driveway Canyon. Water sources are critical in this environment, evidenced by named catchments like Tapia Tank, Ojitos Tank, and Boundary Tank, alongside more permanent features such as Timber Lake.

The presence of State Hwy 95 in the southwest corner provides one of the few modernized access points to an area otherwise defined by its rugged drainages like Tapicito Cr and Arroyo Compañero. The map preserves the complex nomenclature of the land's folds, from the broad Cañada Ojitos to the more specific Spruce Bond Canyon Canyon and Boot Jack Canyon, reflecting long-standing local naming traditions in this part of northern New Mexico.