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2011 Map of Sulphur Spring

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

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

The vast, level expanse of the Willcox Playa dominates the western half of this Cochise County landscape, illustrating a classic endorheic basin where drainage from the surrounding mountains gathers and evaporates. This 2011 survey captures the rigid agricultural and residential grid that defines the eastern half of the area, centered on the Kansas Settlement community. The placement of S Kansas Settlement Rd and various ranch roads, such as S Chambers Ranch Rd, reveals a highly organized land-use pattern focused on groundwater-dependent ranching and farming.

Evidence of local aviation and landmark topography appears in the northeast with Leroy Airport and the northwest near Flanders Ranch. To the south, the eponymous Sulphur Spring and the distinctive Three Sisters Buttes provide natural waypoints amidst the network of local routes like E Sulpher Springs Rd. This map serves as a record of a specific arid-land settlement pattern where human activity is strictly bounded by the geography of the dry lake bed.