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2013 Map of Silver City

Name: 2013 Topographic Map of Silver City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2013
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2013

About this map

Silver City serves as the primary hub of this high-elevation landscape, where the urban grid meets the southern fringes of the Gila National Forest. The presence of the Western New Mexico Univ campus and the downtown Po anchor the central district, while the rugged terrain of the Silver City Range and Boston Hill rise immediately to the west. This 2013 survey illustrates the complex boundary between civic development and the protected wilderness, notably where the Continental Divide traverses the mountain ridges north of town.

Water management and local history are evident in the naming of features such as Chloride Flat and the various cattle tanks like McComas Tank scattered through the canyons. The residential expansion toward Little Walnut Village is contrasted by the industrial legacy hinted at by Cleveland Mine Rd. Drainage patterns are defined by the San Vicente Arroyo and Silva Creek, which channel seasonal runoff from the surrounding peaks like Gomez Peak and Eighty-Mtn.