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1954 Map of Paria SW

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Paria SW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

Adairville (Ruins) and the Johnson Store stand as small human markers in this high-desert landscape along the Paria River. This 1954 survey captures the border region between Utah and Arizona, where the terrain is dominated by deep drainage systems like Buckskin Gulch and Kaibab Gulch. The map reveals a network of primitive infrastructure, including a Pump House (Ruins) and various Jeep Trails that navigate the precarious topography between East Bench and West Bench.

Significant physical landmarks such as Steamboat Rock and Fivemile Mountain provide orientation in a region defined by the massive geological Divide. The presence of a Windmill and scattered stock ponds indicates the persistence of ranching in an area otherwise marked by remnants of earlier habitation. The alignment of the Kane Co and Coconino Co line at the southern edge highlights the isolation of these canyons during the mid-twentieth century.