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1962 Map of Lower Lake Mary

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Lower Lake Mary
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

Anderson Mesa and the expansive waters of the Upper Lake Mary and Lower Lake Mary reservoirs dominate this high-altitude landscape south of the Flagstaff corporate boundary. The terrain within the Coconino National Forest is defined by deep cuts like Newman Canyon and Priest Draw, alongside the scientific outpost of the USGS Observatory and the Perkins Telescope situated on the mesa overlooking the lakes.

Water management is the central theme of this 1960s-era survey, as evidenced by a dense network of stock tanks including Coulter Park Tank, Wild Horse Tank, and the Hold Up Tank. For local historians and genealogists, the map preserves the location of the Coulter Cabin and the route of the Hoxworth Springs Road, marking early ranching and forestry footprints in the area before more modern developments took hold.