2017 Map of Parish Ranch

About this map

Rio Peñasco winds through the northern landscape of this Eddy County survey, defining the drainage patterns of an arid ranching region. The settlement of Parish Ranch serves as a primary local landmark, situated among a network of intermittent watercourses and draws that characterize the high desert terrain. These features, including Red Tank Draw and Cat Claw Draw, illustrate the complex natural irrigation and erosion paths essential to understanding land use in the Pecos River valley vicinity. To the south, North Seven River and Hoag Tank provide additional water resources in a territory dominated by large-scale township divisions and rural county roads. This 2017 edition by the U.S. Geological Survey documents the modern infrastructure of the area, from Co Rd 39 in the north to the junctions near Crossbuck Rd in the southeast.