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1987 Map of Pine Hollow Canyon

Name: 1987 Topographic Map of Pine Hollow Canyon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1987
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1987

About this map

Paria Canyon Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness defines the southeastern reach of this high-desert landscape on the border of Utah and Arizona. This late-1980s provisional survey documents the complex drainage systems of the Paria Plateau, where Buckskin Gulch and Coyote Wash carve through the geological uplift of The Cockscomb. The map captures a moment when water management in this arid territory relied on remote catchments like Adams Reservoir and Bull Pasture Reservoirs.

Evidence of historical transit and infrastructure is found in the Wire Pass trail and the long Telegraph Wash road. The survey details the transition from the high elevations of Fivemile Mountain and Buckskin Mountain down through deep incisions like Pine Hollow Canyon and Maries Canyon. A massive aqueduct and transmission line crossing the northern flats signify the intersection of large-scale utility engineering with the protected wilderness boundaries of Kane and Coconino Counties.