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1979 Map of McLellan Reservoir

Name: 1979 Topographic Map of McLellan Reservoir
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

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Kaibab National Forest dominates this northern Arizona landscape, where high-plateau cattle ranching and heavy rail transport converge. In the late 1970s, the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad cut across the northern terrain, passing through Sereno and tracing the edge of the Johnson Canyon rim. An earlier era of transit is visible in the Old Railroad Grade that winds through the brush north of the modern tracks.

Local water management is central to the area's survival, evidenced by the large McLellan Reservoir and a network of named livestock tanks such as Upper Mc Cauley Tank and Big Supai Tank. Remote outposts like Pine Springs Ranch and the Quarter Circle XX Ranch suggest a sparse but established ranching community. Natural landmarks like Johnson Crater and Snyder Knoll break the timbered reaches, while the transition between Coconino Co and Yavapai Co is marked by the Gila and Salt River Meridian corridor.