1993 Map of Willow Spring

About this map

San Juan National Forest defines the rugged geography of this 1993 revision, which spans the border of Dolores and Montezuma counties. The landscape is heavily marked by water management and resource extraction, featuring a dense network of reservoirs such as Pot Hole Reservoir, Andrews Reservoir, and the Dunham Place No 2 Reservoir. A Beaver Creek Massacre Historical Marker stands near Beaver Creek, providing a specific point of historical interest in an area otherwise characterized by high mesas like Lone Mesa and deep canyons. The infrastructure of earlier eras is still visible through the trace of an Old Railroad Grade and its associated Old RR Grade spurs, which follow the drainage of Old RR Gr Creek. These former rail lines and 4WD roads suggest a history of timber or mining access that predates the modern forest management and gas exploration indicated by scattered Gas Well and Drill Hole labels.