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1950 Map of Rockinstraw Mtn

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Rockinstraw Mtn
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1950
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1950

About this map

The Salt River carves a dramatic path through this 1950 Gila County landscape, flowing into the Roosevelt Reservoir past Redmond Flat and the Horseshoe Bend. This survey documents a transition in local infrastructure, noting the Inspiration Dam (Aband) and a series of specialized land uses, from the Sierra Ancha Experimental Forest in the northwest to the edge of the Fort Apache Indian Reservation in the northeast.

Evidence of early administrative and industrial activity is scattered throughout the Tonto National Forest, with landmarks such as the A-Cross Ranger Sta and Alamo Ranger Sta. The topography is punctuated by prominent peaks including Rockinstraw Mtn and Salt River Peak. Resource extraction is signaled by several marked mines near the Richmond Basin, while the Apache Trail and Young Highway provide the primary transit corridors through the drainage basins of Cherry Creek and Pinto Creek.