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2013 Map of Wire Lake

Name: 2013 Topographic Map of Wire Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2013
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2013

About this map

Dunlap and its surrounding ranching landscape sit at the boundary of Chaves and De Baca counties in this high-desert region of New Mexico. The geography is defined by a sophisticated network of water management features, including Wire Lake, S Home Lake, and numerous stock tanks like Robertson Tank and Corona Tank that sustain the livestock operations of Halfway House Ranch and Boot Ranch. This drainage system is etched into the terrain by named ephemeral features such as North Home Draw and the descriptively named Dead Mexican Draw.

Transportation through this part of the Pecos Valley region relies on Us 285 and a series of county roads and trails, including Half Way Trl and Sotol Rd. These routes connect isolated outposts like South Camp to the wider region. Notable topographical landmarks such as Burro Hill and the rugged cuts of Threadgill Canyon provide vertical relief in an otherwise expansive landscape of draws and arroyos, such as the prominent Fifteenmile Arroyo to the south.