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1965 Map of Woods Canyon

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Woods Canyon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

Indian Ruins dot the high plateaus and canyon rims of this Montezuma County landscape, recorded during a 1964 aerial survey. The terrain is defined by a series of deep drainages, including the prominent Yellowjacket Canyon and Woods Canyon, which carve through the sandstone toward the southwest. This mid-1960s perspective captures a remote corner of Colorado where ancient archaeological sites sit adjacent to modern resource extraction, evidenced by scattered Oil Well locations and a Drill Hole in the northern sections.

Water sources like Moqui Lake and Spring Creek provided vital points of orientation in this arid environment. The map details the transition from the high elevations of Goodman Point and Big Point down into the complex network of Burro Canyon and Sandstone Woods Canyon. This document preserves the exact placement of prehistoric sites and twentieth-century infrastructure before later land-use changes altered the area's accessibility.