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2020 Map of Nara Visa

Name: 2020 Topographic Map of Nara Visa
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2020
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

Nara Visa sits at a critical junction of the High Plains, where the state lines of New Mexico and Texas meet near the borders of Quay, Hartley, and Oldham counties. This landscape is defined by the complex drainage systems that carve through the high desert, most notably the Nara Visa Arroyo and its tributaries, including the East Fork Nara Visa Arroyo and West Fork Nara Visa Arroyo. The settlement's street grid, featuring Bell St and N 5th St, remains a central point in an otherwise sparse ranching and agricultural region.

Further east, the terrain descends into the breaks of Sidle Canyon, where Sidle Spring provides a rare water source in this arid environment. The map details a network of rural routes such as Quay Road 93 and Quay Road 90, which connect isolated homesteads to the village. This survey documents the persistent geography of the Llano Estacado, where water features like S Fork Horse Cr and Horse Cr dictated the placement of early settlements and livestock operations.