1979 Map of Seven Springs

About this map

Water management in the high desert of Apache County defines this landscape, where a sophisticated network of catchment basins and ephemeral drainages supports local ranching. Named tanks, such as Reuell Jarvis Tank and Pat Hughes Tank, are strategically positioned across the terrain to capture runoff from seasonal flows in Milky Wash and Beaver Dam Wash. These features, along with the eponymous Seven Springs and several Corral sites, suggest a history of livestock grazing and land use dependent on these specific, named water sources.