2017 Map of Tres Hermanos SE

About this map

The Jarilla Mountains rise in the southwestern corner of this high-desert Otero County landscape, providing the primary topographic relief in an area otherwise defined by vast drainage basins. The arid environment is punctuated by isolated water management features like Moody Tank, essential for sustaining life and livestock in this corner of New Mexico. Human infrastructure is dominated by the long north-south corridor of Route 54, which cuts a straight line through the eastern sections, and Co Rd A011, which skirts the base of the mountains. This 2017 survey details the Public Land Survey System grid across multiple townships, including t20s r8e and t21s r9e, illustrating how the desert floor has been partitioned into expansive rectangular tracts for ranching and resource management.