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1983 Map of White Rock Wash

Name: 1983 Topographic Map of White Rock Wash
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

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Navajo Indian Reservation lands in Apache County dominate this 1983 landscape, defined by a network of drainage washes and vital water sources. The area is characterized by the Upper Mountain Forest and the dramatic geological presence of Fluted Rock in the southeast. Water management is central to the human footprint here, visible through isolated points like Neyezee Well and Honeymoon Spring, which serve as landmarks in an otherwise sparse high-desert terrain.

Traditional boundaries and modern infrastructure meet where the Canyon De Chelly National Monument clips the northern edge of the sheet. The drainage patterns of White Rock Wash, Nazlini Creek, and Yellow Water Wash illustrate the natural topography that has shaped movement through this region for generations, while a steel tower transmission line marks the encroaching industrial reach of the late twentieth century.