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1954 Map of Saint Johns

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Saint Johns
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

Saint Johns and the surrounding high plateau of eastern Arizona and western New Mexico appear here as they were surveyed in the early 1950s. The landscape is defined by the Continental Divide winding through a region dominated by vast federal and tribal lands, including the Zuni Indian Reservation and Petrified Forest National Park. Settlement patterns follow water and transit corridors, from the agricultural pockets near Lyman Reservoir and Concho Lake to high-elevation communities like McNary and Greer within the Apache National Forest.

The road network is anchored by U.S. 66 in the north and U.S. 60 cutting through the southern half, linking isolated outposts such as Pie Town and Quemado. Numerous volcanic features, including Volcanic Mtn and The Teepees, mark the geology of the area. This record of the mid-century borderlands captures a transition era where the cattle ranching of the Zuni Plateau met the emerging automotive tourism of the Southwest.