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1963 Map of Sacaton Draw

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Sacaton Draw
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

Preston Beck Grant lands define this portion of the New Mexico landscape in the early 1960s, where livestock ranching and transportation infrastructure intersect. The drainage of Sacaton Draw and Gonzales Creek provide the primary geographic framework for a network of isolated ranches and watering points like Ratcliff Ranch, Gonzales Camp, and Double Mills. Water management is critical in this arid terrain, evidenced by numerous named catchments such as Salitre Tank, Upper Tank, and North Los Tanos Tank scattered across the range.

Industrial and transport corridors cut across the southern and northern reaches of the quadrangle. The Southern Pacific and Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad line runs through the south, paralleling a legacy Railroad Grade and the Los Tanos Creek drainage. Near the Los Tanos Cem, the infrastructure is further specialized with the Shamrock Pumping Sta and a prominent Pipeline, reflecting the modernization of resource transport in Guadalupe County.