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2010 Map of Westcliffe

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of Westcliffe
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

The neighboring towns of Westcliffe and Silver Cliff anchor this 2010 survey of the Wet Mountain Valley. The landscape reveals a legacy of intense hard-rock mining, with the terrain punctuated by sites such as the Bull Domingo Mine, Lady Franklin Mine, and the Herman Passiflora Mine. These mines are concentrated around the White Hills and Silver Cliff Plateau, indicating the geological richness that drove early settlement in Custer County.

Water management is a central theme, evidenced by the Deweese-Dye Reservoir and De Weese Dam, which regulate the flow of Grape Creek. Moving away from the valley floor, the map climbs toward Oak Grove Mountain and Mitchell Mountain to the north. Smaller operations like the Quist Voss Land Mine and Nutter Prospect are scattered across the higher ground, while the Lohstroh Highline Ditch shows the engineering required to move water across this complex landscape of gulches and hills.