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1963 Map of Tse Bonita School

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Tse Bonita School
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1980
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1980

About this map

The Navajo Indian Reservation landscape documented in this 1960s survey is defined by the extraction of natural resources and a complex network of seasonal drainages. Industrial activity is centered around the Window Rock Coal Mine and a large Strip Mine in the southwest, where a prominent Pipeline and a Gravel Pit further indicate the era's focus on local mineral and energy production.

The presence of the Tse Bonita Sch near the crossing of Burned Through the Rock Wash and Defiance Draw marks a vital community anchor in a terrain otherwise carved by water. Numerous seasonal flows including Slick Rock Wash, Coal Mine Wash, and Black Springs Wash converge toward Black Creek, illustrating the hydraulic patterns that shaped settlement and land use across this part of McKinley County.