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2021 Map of Red Buttes

Name: 2021 Topographic Map of Red Buttes
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2021
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2021

About this map

The Mojave Desert terrain of San Bernardino County dominates this landscape, characterized by the distinct volcanic profiles of Red Buttes and Haystack Butte. The area showcases a transition from undeveloped desert floor to localized rural infrastructure, particularly evident in the cluster of residential street names near the eastern boundary, such as Maricopa Ave and Cochise. This network of roads indicates a late-twentieth-century push for desert settlement and subdivided development in a region historically defined by mining and ranching.

Transportation and private aviation are central to the map's layout, anchored by the corridor of US Rte 395 in the northeast. Aviation interests are represented by the Sun Hill Ranch Airport near the southern edge, while the presence of Princess Pat Mine Rd suggests a lineage of resource extraction. Localized landmarks like the Astley Rancho and the northern slopes of the Shadow Mountains provide specific points of interest for genealogists and local historians tracing the evolution of this high desert environment.