
Villa Grove and the thermal waters of Mineral Hot Springs anchor this portion of the northern San Luis Valley. The landscape transitions from the sharp relief of Clayton Cone and Clayton Gulch in the west to the expansive drainage basin of San Luis Cr in the east. This area is defined by its complex irrigation network, critical for high-altitude agriculture, including the San Luis Company Ditch and Schultze Detrick Ditch. Numerous seasonal and perennial watercourses like Kerber Cr and Garner Cr flow from the surrounding highlands into the valley floor. The map also records a dense concentration of local roads and named residential streets such as Red Cloud Ave and Blackburn Dr south of the springs, reflecting contemporary land use and modern settlement patterns within Saguache County.
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1950 · Valley View Hot Springs
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1954 · Pueblo
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1956 · Montrose
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1957 · Pueblo
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Pueblo
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1959 · Montrose
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1959 · Bonanza
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1959 · Howard
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1960 · Montrose
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1962 · Pueblo
USGS Topo · 1:250,000