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1963 Map of Pierce Gulch

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Pierce Gulch
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1969
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1969

About this map

The Arkansas River corridor serves as the primary artery for transport and irrigation in this high-desert landscape of Fremont and Pueblo Counties. Along the southern edge, the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad follows the river's bend, while the nearby Park Ditch illustrates the early engineering efforts required to divert water into the surrounding terrain.

A network of drainage features like Pierce Gulch, Salt Canyon, and Red Creek carves through the land north of the river, rising toward the prominent peak of Booth Mountain. The presence of a Gravel Pit and scattered unimproved roads indicates a sparsely populated area primarily defined by small-scale resource extraction and rugged ranching country. This 1963 survey captures the interplay of drainage systems like Beaver Creek and Green Gulch as they converge toward the Arkansas basin.