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1985 Map of Willcox South

Name: 1985 Topographic Map of Willcox South
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1985

About this map

Willcox sits at the northern edge of a sprawling desert landscape defined by the massive Willcox Dry Lake Playa. This 1985 survey illustrates the intersection of local infrastructure and federal land use, notably the presence of the Willcox Dry Lake Bombing Range which occupies a significant portion of the dry lake bed south of town. The terrain is characterized by extensive Alkali Flats and low-lying depressions like the Dry Lake sections, typical of the high-desert basins in Cochise County.

While the town center provides residential and recreational features such as a Golf Course and a Trailer Park, the surrounding area is largely industrial and military. Significant markers include the Military Reservation Boundary and essential utilities like the Sewage Disposal Pond. A Levee system is visible along the eastern margins, indicating water management efforts on the edge of the playa, while a Gravel Pit denotes local resource extraction near the highway corridor.