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1953 Map of Vallecitos

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Vallecitos
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

Town of Abiquiu Grant and the Juan Jose Lobato Grant overlap in this northern New Mexico landscape, where land grant boundaries define the local geography. Small settlements and specialized camps such as Vallecitos, Recheulos, and Vallecitos Corrales are scattered among the canyons and mesas. The map documents a rugged high-altitude environment characterized by massive formations like Lobato Mesa and the Mesa de la Gallina.

Resource management and pastoral life are evident through the presence of the Rio del Oso Ranger Sta and numerous water sources like San Lorenzo Spring and Lucas Tank. The southern portion of the sheet is dominated by the Santa Fe National Forest and the northern reaches of the Santa Clara Indian Reservation, where the Santa Clara Ranger Sta monitors the drainage of Santa Clara Creek. The network of unimproved roads, including Short Cut and Road X, indicates a region primarily utilized for ranching and forest service during the early 1950s.