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1943 Map of Presumido Peak

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Presumido Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

Sasabe sits at the southern edge of this Arizona landscape, positioned right at the United States Mexico border where a U.S. Customs post marks the crossing into Arizona Sonora. This 1941 survey captures a ranching-heavy corridor dominated by family-named operations like the Santa Margarita Ranch, Aros Ranch, and Los Avispas Ranch. The terrain is characterized by the broad Baboquivari Valley and Alameda Valley, punctuated by sharp rises such as Presumido Peak and Aguirre Peak.

Evidence of earlier history remains in the site of old Indian fort near Nachi Kulik and the Jupiter Mine to the north. Indigenous settlements including Chutum Vaya and Kuit Vaya are scattered across the valley floor, connected by drainage networks like Vaya Wash and Sasabe Wash. The presence of the Presumido Store and Buenos Aires Ranch underscores the self-sufficient nature of these remote outposts during the early 1940s.