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2011 Map of Marble Canyon

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Marble Canyon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Picture Gallery Ranch and Spring Creek Ranch anchor this landscape along the high plateau of Piñon Mesa in western Colorado. The map reveals a high-desert terrain deeply dissected by a network of drainages, including Coates Creek and Renegade Creek. These watercourses carve out significant landforms such as Marble Canyon in the northwest and Star Canyon to the west.

Remote ranching life is documented through named local routes like Wirth Ln and D S Rd, which navigate the space between landmarks like Flatiron Hill and the seasonal flows of Spring Canyon. The presence of these named ranches and tracks among features like Fish Park and Red Gap highlights the enduring pattern of land use in this part of Mesa County, where topography dictates the location of settlements and transport paths.