Animas Peak New Mexico Coronado NF USGS 15-Min Topo Map 1932

Animas Peak New Mexico Coronado NF USGS 15-Min Topo Map 1932 - Image 2

Animas Peak New Mexico Coronado NF USGS 15-Min Topo Map 1932

$38

This USGS/War Department topographic sheet is a 1920 edition, printed in 1932, and survives in good condition on thick stock, with a midsheet horizontal foldline where it was folded in half. Covering roughly 15 by 17 miles of Hidalgo County in New Mexico’s remote bootheel, some 50 miles south of Lordsburg, the quad takes in Animas Peak and part of the Coronado National Forest close to the Mexican border. The 1917 and 1918 field survey and geographer R.B. Marshall’s credit place this sheet firmly in the early mapping of one of the least-settled corners of the Southwest, and it comes from a decommissioned Arizona university library collection.

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SKU: 801 Categories: 15 Minute, New Mexico

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MAP DETAILS
TITLE	Animas Peak
STATE	New Mexico
LOCATION	50 miles south of Lordsburg
SERIES	15-minute
SURVEYED	1917 and 1918 Field Survey
GEOGRAPHER	R.B. Marshall
EDITION	1920
PRINTED	1932
PRINT NOTES	Thick paper stock
SCALE	1:62500
CONTOUR INTERVAL	25 feet
SHEET DIMENSIONS	16 1/2 x 20 inches
MAP DIMENSIONS	14 7/8 x 17 1/2 inches
COVERAGE AREA	15 x 17 miles
SOURCE	A sheet from a decommissioned Arizona university library collection
SHEET CONDITION For maps of this vintage, effort is made to note all visible flaws, no matter how minor.
OVERALL CONDITION	Good
SHEET NOTES	moderately handled, midsheet horizontal foldline (in half)
MAP AREA	no wear, no markings, minor blemish east of Middle Wells
COLLARS	very minor wear or tears, no markings, no blemishes, left collar trimmed slightly
MAP COVERAGE Quadrangle extent overlaid on current basemap.

BACKSIDE LEGEND
A map summary is printed on the back side of the Animas Peak sheet similar to the one shown in the picture. It outlines the history, purpose, and status of the USGS mapping program at the time of the printing in 1932. It also provides instructions on how to read contour lines and a description of how they are used to depict the terrain. At the bottom of the page is a legend showing all of the symbols used to represent the cultural, relief, and water features found on the map.
PLACENAMES Depending on map series and survey date, all of the features listed below may not be shown on this map. This list contains features that currently exist or historically existed within the area covered by the map. The list can be used as a reference to determine if this map covers your area of interest. Placenames are listed alphabetically next to each feature type.
COUNTIES COVERED	Hidalgo
FEDERAL LAND UNITS	Coronado National Forest
RIVERS AND STREAMS	Animas Creek, Deer Creek, Double Adobe Creek, Lower Deer Creek, and Walnut Creek
Locations: Deep Windmill, Double Adobe Creek Historic Site, Field Ranch, Gowan Ranch, Gray Ranch, Horse Camp Wells, Howe Ranch, Mills Goat Ranch, Shorty Miller, Shorty Millers Lower Ranch, Steve Dunagan, Walter Dunagan, and X T Ranch. Mountain Ranges: Animas Mountains. Mountains, Peaks, and Summits: Animas Peak, Mount Baldy, and Black Mountain. Valleys and Canyons: Bercham Draw, Black Bill Canyon, Clanton Draw, Dutchman Canyon, Foster Draw, Horse Camp Draw, Last Chance Draw, Taylor Draw, and Whitmire Canyon. Drainages: Bull Creek, Double Adobe Creek, and Walnut Creek. Basins: Juniper Basin. Schools: Gray School and Maddox School. Reservoirs and Tanks: Animas Tank, Black tank, Boyd Maddox Tank, Buck Tank, Day Tank, Divide Tank, Dunagan Tank, Echels Tank, Government Tank, Kings Tank, Middle Well Tank, Sten Tank, Taylor Tank, and Upshaw Tank. Springs: Black Bill Spring and Maverick Spring.
SHIPPING AND RETURNS
This map sheet will be carefully rolled in a sturdy tube and shipped via the US Postal Service. If you find that the sheet you receive is not as described in the listing, you may ship it back to us for a refund of the purchase price.

This antique sheet is a 1920 edition of the Animas Peak New Mexico USGS topographic map. It is an authentic 94-year-old 1932 United States Geological Survey print in good condition.

HOW THIS MAP CAN BE USED
In addition to making a fascinating conversation piece, this sheet would look great in a frame or on display, make a unique and prized gift for anyone interested in this area, be perfect as a reference for genealogy studies or general historical research, or fill that missing piece in your collection.

FEATURES SHOWN ON THE MAP
The Animas Peak 15-minute map shows cities and towns, roads, railroads, rivers, creeks, elevation contour lines, public land survey lines, county, state, and other administrative boundaries as they existed at the time of the survey in 1917 and 1918. All known structures (houses, businesses, churches, schools, barns, cabins, etc) are also shown, with exceptions in some urban areas, where only landmark buildings may be shown.

A VALUABLE HISTORICAL RECORD
Maps from the 15-minute series for the continental United States are no longer produced or printed by the USGS and original prints are becoming increasingly difficult to find. They are a valuable historical record for an area, as they contain many placenames and features that have been dropped from more recent maps.