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1967 Map of Strawberry

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Strawberry
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1993
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1993

About this map

Strawberry sits at the junction of High Plateau cattle ranching and deep canyon wilderness in this 1967 field-checked survey. The landscape is defined by massive plateau formations including Deadman Mesa and Hardscrabble Mesa, which drop sharply into the Fossil Springs drainage. This area served as a critical water-resource hub, evidenced by the numerous livestock tanks like the Lazy T-7 Ranch and Rafter Tank, alongside industrial infrastructure like the Irving Powerplant located near the confluence of the Fossil Creek canyon system.

Land management boundaries converge here, where the Coconino National Forest meets the Tonto National Forest. For those tracing local geography, the map details the transition from the relatively open Strawberry Valley to the protected reaches of the Mazatzal Wilderness. Named landmarks such as Nash Point and Strawberry Mtn provide fixed points for navigating the complex network of 4WD tracks that connected isolated ranching outposts to the primary route of Highway 87.