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United States Department of Agriculture

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Arizona National Forest Maps 1907 – 1945

Contributing InstitutionState Archives- Arizona State Library, Archives and Public RecordsCollection Summary

The General Land Law Revision Act of 1891 allowed for setting aside forest reserves which later became the national forests. Presidential proclamations established the first forest reserves in Arizona and New Mexico in 1892. The earliest maps in this collection date back to 1907 with several of the first national forests in the state created by presidential proclamation. The presidential proclamations accompany the 1907-1910 maps.

The 1907-1910 maps are fairly simple, showing forest boundaries and townships and ranges. More features are shown on the 1910 maps such as roads, drainage and other selected natural and cultural features.

Forest boundaries changed throughout the 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s as surveys were completed. Boundaries also changed when a forest was enlarged or created by land appropriations, or when a smaller forest was incorporated into a larger one. Often the name of the smaller forest survives as the name of a ranger district of the larger forest into which it was transferred, i.e., part of Tusayan National Forest to Tusayan Ranger District in Kaibab National Forest.

Forest maps from the 1920s on are more detailed and show roads, trails, railroads, and telephone lines besides ranger stations and buildings. The later maps also include a wealth of place names for natural and cultural features.

Histories of the individual national forests in Arizona can be found in "Timeless Heritage: A History of the Forest Service in the Southwest" in the Arizona National Parks, Forests, and Other Public Lands- Federal Materials Collection.

LanguageEnglishPermissions and ReuseFrom the collection of the History and Archives Division, Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records. Copyright and/or publication rights for all photographs in this collection are retained by this institution.

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Apache National Forest, Arizona. 1908 Proclamation

Apache National Forest, Arizona. 1909 Proclamation

Apache National Forest, Arizona. 1910 Proclamation

Chiricahua National Forest, Arizona. 1910 Proclamation

Coconino National Forest, Arizona. 1908 Proclamation

Coconino National Forest, Arizona. 1910 Proclamation

Coronado National Forest, Arizona. 1910 Proclamation

Crook National Forest, Arizona. 1909 Proclamation

Crook National Forest, Arizona. 1910 Proclamation

Dixie National Forest, Arizona and Utah. 1909 Proclamation

Dragoon National Forest, Arizona. 1907 Proclamation

Garces National Forest, Arizona. 1909 Proclamation

Kaibab National Forest, Arizona. 1908 Proclamation

Kaibab National Forest, Arizona. 1910 Proclamation

Kaibab National Forest, Arizona. 1930A Map Verso

Kaibab National Forest, Arizona. 1938 Map Verso

Prescott National Forest, Arizona. 1907 Proclamation

Prescott National Forest, Arizona. 1909 Proclamation

Prescott National Forest, Arizona. 1910 Proclamation

Santa Catalina National Forest, Arizona. 1907 Proclamation

Santa Rita National Forest, Arizona. 1907 Proclamation

Sitgreaves National Forest, Arizona. 1908 Proclamation

Sitgreaves National Forest, Arizona. 1909 Proclamation

Arizona National Forest Maps 1907 – 1945

AgencyUnited States Department of AgricultureTopicForestsRelated CollectionArizona Map Collections

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Arizona National Forest Maps 1907 – 1945