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2011 Map of Upper Nutria

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

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Upper Nutria and Lower Nutria anchor the southern reaches of this landscape, where the Rio Nutria flows through a series of canyons and draws. The terrain is defined by dramatic geological features including the north-south spine of The Hogback and the high elevation of Oso Ridge to the east. Water management is central to the area's geography, evidenced by the Nutria Diversion Reservoir and numerous livestock tanks like Malcom Tank and Section Fourteen Tank scattered across the high desert.

Industry and community infrastructure appear in the northern settlement of McGaffey, which serves as a hub with its own McGaffey Lookout Tower and two distinct burial grounds, Torreon Cemetery and McGaffey Cemetery. The presence of the Upper Nutria Limestone Pit and Jurgensen Pit indicates active resource extraction near the Nutria Canyon area, while a network of Bureau of Indian Affairs routes, such as Indian Service Route 5, connects these disparate ranching and mining sites.