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2013 Map of Olive

Name: 2013 Topographic Map of Olive
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2013
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2013

About this map

The settlement of Olive centers this high-plains landscape in Chaves County, where the infrastructure of ranching and water management defines the territory. The map illustrates a network of essential water sources, including family-named landmarks like the Bar V Tank, Gambill Tank, and Brawley Tank, which supported livestock in this arid environment. Further north, the Red Hill Windmill and Little Windmill provide specific points of historical interest for those tracing the agricultural development of the region.

Transportation through the basin relies on a grid of county roads and thoroughfares such as Lordsburg Rd and Olive Rd, which connect remote homesteads like the Gainer Ranch and Van Eaton Ranch. Natural features like the Olive Basin and the prominent Twin Buttes break the horizon, while the Hernandez Draw provides a topographical record of the drainage patterns essential to understanding the local geography during this era of 21st-century land use.