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1954 Map of Placitas

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Placitas
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1955
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1955

About this map

San Antonio de las Huertas Grant and the San Felipe Pueblo Grant dominate this mid-century New Mexico landscape, illustrating the complex overlap of Spanish land grants and tribal lands. The settlement of Placitas serves as a central hub, while the surrounding terrain is marked by deep arroyos and canyons like Las Huertas Creek and Perdiz Canyon. Evidence of earlier resource extraction is visible in several features including a Coal Mine (Aband) and other abandoned mines scattered near the Crest of Montezuma.

The southern portion of the map transitions into the high elevations of the Sandia Mountains within the Cibola National Forest. Notable local sites for genealogists and researchers include the Algodones Cemetery near Angostura and an inactive fish hatchery south of the main village. Further into the foothills, the presence of Cliff Dwellings and Tunnel Spring points to a long history of human occupation and water management in this arid environment.