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1989 Map of No-mans Island

Name: 1989 Topographic Map of No-mans Island
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1989
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1989

About this map

Black Mesa and White Mesa dominate this San Juan County landscape, where deep drainages like Cottonwood Wash and Stevens Canyon carve through high desert plateaus. The eastern edge of the quadrangle is defined by the Ute Mountain Indian Reservation boundary, while the central terrain features the isolated No-Mans Island landform.

Evidence of resource exploration is scattered throughout the region, marked by numerous Drill Holes, Prospects, and Jones Well. A network of 4wd tracks provides the only access to landmarks like Ruin Spring Point and across the broad expanses of Bluff Bench and Big Bench. The map captures a moment of late-20th-century land use, balancing indigenous territory boundaries with mining and survey activities across Little Black Mesa and Tank Mesa.