1990 Map of New Water Well

About this map

The New Water Mountains dominate the southwestern portion of this Arizona landscape, casting a sharp shadow across the Ranegras Plain. This 1990 survey captures a remote desert environment where water management is the primary evidence of human modification. Infrastructural markers such as Check Dams, Crowder Tank, and the eponymous New Water Well indicate the critical importance of moisture in this arid corridor. To the south, the boundary of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge marks a transition into protected lands, where the solitary Kofa Cabin sits near the drainage of Alamo Wash. The presence of a Landing Strip in the northeast and crossing Pipeline and Trans Line corridors underscores how this space serves as a functional thoroughfare for energy and transport between distant desert hubs.