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1963 Map of Pierce Gulch

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Pierce Gulch
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

The Arkansas River serves as a primary geographic anchor in this 1963 survey, cutting through the southern portion of the landscape alongside the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad. This corridor highlights the critical transport and water infrastructure of the era, further emphasized by the presence of a Pipeline, an Aqueduct, and a local Ditch. These features suggest a landscape managed for both industrial transport and water diversion in a semi-arid environment.

Rising to the northeast, Booth Mountain overlooks a series of deep drainages including Pierce Gulch, Booth Gulch, and Green Gulch. These seasonal waterways feed into Beaver Creek and Red Creek, forming a complex topographical network that straddles the border between Fremont and Pueblo counties. The map reveals a territory defined more by its rugged drainage patterns and utility corridors than by concentrated settlement.