2013 Map of Table Mesa

About this map

The high plains of Las Animas and Baca Counties meet at this remote section of the Comanche National Grassland, where the terrain is defined by deep incisions like Soldier Canyon and Cat Canyon. The landscape is a study in arid-land survival and cattle ranching history, centered around natural water sources such as Watt Spring, O'Hair Spring, and Twin Springs. The northern portion is dominated by the broad plateau of Table Mesa and the expansive McAfee Godwin Vega. Evidence of early 20th-century settlement is found in the southwestern corner, where the Robb School and Robb Cem remain as markers of a once-active rural community. A network of county roads, including Co Road MM and Co Road DD, traces the section lines across this isolated stretch of the Colorado steppe.