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2010 Map of Moriarty South

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of Moriarty South
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

Moriarty anchors the northern portion of this High Plains landscape, where the established town grid meets the expanding residential and ranching tracts of Torrance County. The area is defined by its transition from organized municipal structures, such as the Moriarty Post Office and local burial grounds like Mount View Cemetery and Mount Carmel Cemetery, to large-scale ranching operations. Numerous family-named homesteads and properties including Hornsby Ranch, Flowers Ranch, and Mendonca Ranch dot the landscape, illustrating the region's agricultural heritage.

Hydrological features like Woodman Draw, Salt Draw, and Buffalo Draw indicate the natural drainage patterns of the basin, feeding toward the Mescalero Reservoir and its associated Mescalero Lake Dam. The presence of Indian Ranchettes and decentralized residential clusters like C Davis Place and E Davis Place show the mid-century to modern shift toward rural subdivision. Transportation is facilitated by the Moriarty Airport and a network of named roads including Old Hwy 41 and Chavez Rd.