Wellton and the neighboring residential pocket of Wellton Hills occupy the northern reaches of this Yuma County landscape, where the irrigated agriculture of the Mohawk Valley meets the arid expanse of the Sonoran Desert. The most striking historical feature is the Camino Del Diablo, a path cutting diagonally across the quadrangle. This ancient route, known as the Road of the Devil, serves as a throughway for travelers navigating between the Gila Mountains and the wide, open Lechuguilla Desert. High points like Sheep Mtn provide dramatic elevation changes against the flat alluvial terrain of Davis Plain, illustrating the stark transition from valley floor to rocky peaks that has long defined the navigation of this corner of Arizona.
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1926 · Fortuna
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1926 · Wellton
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1929 · Fortuna
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1929 · Wellton
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1942 · Yuma
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1954 · El Centro
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1955 · El Centro
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · El Centro
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1961 · El Centro
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1964 · El Centro
USGS Topo · 1:250,000