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2011 Map of Sullivan Buttes

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Sullivan Buttes
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Williamson Valley defines the western reaches of this landscape, where the seasonal waters of the Williamson Valley Wash and Mint Wash converge. The terrain is marked by distinctive volcanic formations including Sullivan Buttes and Simmons Peak, which overlook a network of livestock tanks such as Section Two Dam Tank and Pemberton Tank. These water sources reflect the area's ongoing ranching heritage, even as residential growth expands near the southern border.

Evidence of the region's deeper history and logistical importance is found at Inscription Canyon and the Tucker Siding rail point. Aviation also plays a role in this rural landscape at the HH Ranch Airport. A dense web of modern roads, including N Williamson Valley Rd and N Sullivan Buttes Rd, now threads between the buttes, showing the transition from open range to a more settled community in the early twenty-first century.