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1973 Map of Smurr

Name: 1973 Topographic Map of Smurr
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

The Gila River corridor south of the Gila Bend area defines this landscape during the early 1970s. The northern portion of the quadrangle is occupied by the Gila Bend Indian Reservation, where the waterway meets irrigation infrastructure like the Citrus Ditch and the Gila Bend Canal. The Southern Pacific railroad cuts a straight line through the center of the desert, passing through small sidings and map points such as Smurr, Ceda, and Tosa.

South of the tracks, the terrain transitions into the Luke Air Force Range, marked by a wide Landing Field and an extensive network of washes, including Sauceda Wash. This map illustrates the intersection of mid-century military land use and ancestral tribal lands, punctuated by local landmarks like Point of Rocks and various borrow pits that suggest the maintenance of the vital transportation corridor.