Pecos River meanders through the heart of this Guadalupe County landscape, defining the character of the river valley south of Santa Rosa. The community of Puerto De Luna sits along the western banks, where the Nuestra Senora De Refugio Cemetery serves as a significant landmark for genealogical research. This 2010 survey highlights the rural settlement patterns of the high plains, showing isolated ranching outposts and named locales such as Monzingo, Gerhardt, and Willis Ranch. The terrain is deeply incised by drainages like the Arroyo San Juan de Dios, which feeds into the primary river system. A network of local roads, including County Rd-2 and County Rd-3, provides the only terrestrial links between these scattered desert homesteads.
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1954 · Fort Sumner
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Fort Sumner
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1963 · Santa Rosa
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1963 · Puerto Creek
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1963 · Sunshine Mesa
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1963 · Puerto De Luna
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1964 · Fallon Ranch
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1964 · Harben Lake
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1966 · Gibbons Ranch
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1966 · Ojo Negro Creek
USGS Topo · 1:24,000