2016 Map of Santa Maria

About this map

Santa Maria and the nearby community of Las Rusias anchor this landscape along the winding course of the Rio Grande in the Rio Grande Valley. The map captures a complex irrigation network essential to the region's agricultural economy, dominated by major waterways like the Santa Maria Main Canal, La Feria Main Canal, and La Gloria Main Canal. These canals feeder into significant storage sites including the Adams Winter Garden Reservoir and Cameron County District Number One Reservoir. This infrastructure illustrates the managed water systems necessary to sustain the fertile lands between the river and the Arroyo Colorado to the north. For those tracing the area's development, the grid of secondary roads like Bauer Rd and Bass Blvd reflects the organized rural parceling characteristic of this border region.