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1995 Map of Los Pinos

Name: 1995 Topographic Map of Los Pinos
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1998
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1998

About this map

Los Pinos and the winding Rio San Antonio define this borderland landscape where New Mexico meets Colorado. The settlement of Lava, marked by its distinctive Water Tower, sits along the narrow-gauge tracks of the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, a surviving piece of 19th-century transit infrastructure that snakes through the high desert terrain. The area is heavily marked by livestock management and mineral exploration, featuring the Cisnero Mine No 1 and numerous isolated stock tanks such as Chino Peak Tank and Llano Tank.

Much of the southern portion is managed as the Carson National Forest, where the topography rises toward the broad Mesa Pinabetal. This 1990s revision records a rugged working landscape of 4WD trails, irrigation canals labeled simply as Ditch, and ranching outposts like the Corral T Bone Ranch. The presence of a Gaging Sta on the river near Los Pinos highlights the critical importance of water management in this arid high-altitude region.