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1955 Map of Red Bluff Mtn

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Red Bluff Mtn
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

Kofa Game Range dominates the northern reaches of this mid-century survey, where the peaks of the Castle Dome Mountains rise sharply above the arid Castle Dome Plain. The landscape is a study in desert survival and military utility, bisected by the Military Reservation Boundary and the extensive Yuma Test Station. Evidence of early exploration and extraction is visible in scattered Prospects, a Tunnel, and the isolated Green Cabin.

To the south, the terrain transitions into the Muggins Mts and Red Bluff Mountain, where seasonal drainage systems like Big Eye Wash and Muggins Wash carve through the rock. The appearance of the Mohawk Canal at the southern edge in the Mohawk Valley signals the shift from high-altitude wilderness to irrigated lowland, providing a stark contrast between the natural catchment of Saffron Tanks and modern water management.