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1985 Map of Sleeping Lady Hills

Name: 1985 Topographic Map of Sleeping Lady Hills
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1985

About this map

The Sleeping Lady Hills dominate this mid-1980s landscape in Dona Ana County, where the arid terrain is defined by natural gaps and a network of livestock water infrastructure. This provisional survey captures a desert environment managed through dozens of small basins such as Middle Gap Tanks, Green Tank, and Candler Tank. These features, alongside the drainage of Kimble Draw, suggest a landscape shaped by ranching and seasonal water management in the high Chihuahuan Desert.

Transportation corridors provide a look at the area's development, featuring the prominent line of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Ry cutting through the southeastern corner. Older routes are also present, including a segment of a Historic Trail passing north of the hills. Topographic landmarks like Reichey Butte and Rough and Ready Gap serve as significant orientation points for anyone studying the historic movement of people and livestock through these New Mexico uplands.