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1953 Map of Santo Domingo Pueblo

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Santo Domingo Pueblo
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1992
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1992

About this map

Santo Domingo Pueblo and Cochiti Pueblo anchor this mid-century look at the Rio Grande valley, where the river's flow is managed by an intricate network of irrigation channels including the Main Canal and Santo Domingo Ditch. The landscape is defined by its tribal grants, notably the Pueblo de Cochiti Grant and Santo Domingo Pueblo Grant, which transition from the river basin up toward the elevations of La Majada Mesa.

Transport and commerce center on the village of Domingo, a key point along the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad, while the post office at Peña Blanca serves the surrounding agricultural community. The 1970s photorevisions capture the emergence of Cochiti Lake behind its dam, illustrating a major transformation of the Rio Grande as it meets the Santa Fe River. Smaller details like the School (Aband) near Sile provide evidence of changing settlement patterns in this historic Sandoval County corridor.