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1974 Map of Mayer

Name: 1974 Topographic Map of Mayer
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

The settlement of Mayer serves as the focal point for this Yavapai County landscape in the mid-1970s, where the winding Agua Fria River and its numerous desert drainages define the terrain. Traces of the region's industrial past are prominent, particularly the Old Railroad Grade and Old RR Grade that parallel Bug Creek and Hackberry Creek. The map records a dense concentration of mineral exploration sites, including the Big Bug Mine, Binghampton Mine, Copper Queen Mine, and the Stoddard Mine located near Stoddard Spring.

Educational and social infrastructure is marked by the High Sch in Mayer and the nearby Mayer Cem. The surrounding Prescott National Forest is ruggedly divided by Bear Track Canyon and Rattlesnake Canyon, with cattle-ranching evidence appearing at the U-Cross Ranch and various named water catchments like Bear Track Tank and Jagged Tooth Tank. These features reflect a late 20th-century mix of active ranching, historic mining remnants, and public forest land management.