Rare Old Map of Jerome, Arizona by USGS, 1973 – Cottonwood, Verde River & Coconino National Forest
Restored in our London workshop from the original 1977 map and printed to museum-grade archival standards. Full description
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The “Cottonwood Quadrangle” was surveyed in 1973 and issued with a 1977 USGS imprint, capturing a particularly evocative portion of central Arizona...
Continue readingThe “Cottonwood Quadrangle” was surveyed in 1973 and issued with a 1977 USGS imprint, capturing a particularly evocative portion of central Arizona at the authoritative 1:24,000 scale. Produced by the United States Geological Survey, it belongs to the great national project of precise topographic mapping that defined American landscapes in the twentieth century. Here, the historic mining town of Jerome appears amid the rugged folds above the Verde Valley, with Cottonwood, the Verde River, and surrounding highlands arranged in crisp cartographic order. The map’s appeal lies in its union of scientific exactitude and regional drama: contour lines, waterways, vegetation, roads, and settlement patterns combine to create a richly legible portrait of a mountainous desert-edge landscape.
The cartography is characteristically meticulous, with closely spaced contour lines revealing the steep hillsides and abrupt elevation changes around Jerome and Black Mountain. Subtle earth tones and greens distinguish upland terrain, lower valleys, and forested areas, giving the sheet a vivid topographical rhythm. This is a landscape of escarpments, drainage cuts, ridges, and basins, where the physical geography dictates the pattern of travel and settlement. Clear Creek, the Verde River corridor, and smaller washes cut through the terrain, while the surrounding relief suggests both geological complexity and human perseverance. The result is not merely a practical survey, but a visual study of Arizona’s verticality, where mining roads, settlements, and natural landforms are inseparable.
Jerome is the historical heart of the map: a copper boomtown dramatically perched on the slopes of the Black Hills. Once among Arizona’s most important mining centers, Jerome rose on the wealth of copper extracted from the surrounding mountains, then declined as mining activity waned in the mid-twentieth century. By the era represented here, it was in the midst of reinvention, shifting from industrial town to historic enclave and artist community. That transition gives the map particular resonance. It records the area after the great mining age, but before later waves of heritage tourism and development had fully reshaped the town’s identity. Roads, elevations, and neighboring features preserve the physical setting that made Jerome both difficult and extraordinary.
Beyond Jerome and Cottonwood, the quadrangle situates the Verde Valley within a broader geographic frame that includes the Coconino National Forest, Chino Valley, Pine Mountain, Hillside, Gold Dust, and the uplands leading toward Prescott. The Verde River is especially important, threading through a region otherwise defined by aridity and broken terrain. Its valley provided a natural route, a water source, and a basis for settlement, agriculture, and later regional connection. The contrast between river bottom, high ridges, and forested slopes is one of the map’s most compelling qualities. It shows central Arizona not as a uniform desert, but as a layered ecological and geological zone shaped by water, elevation, and mineral wealth.
As a document of the 1970s, this USGS sheet preserves a moment before many subsequent changes in land use, infrastructure, tourism, and urban expansion altered the Verde Valley and its surroundings. It reflects the geological and ecological character of the region with a clarity that remains historically valuable: the placement of roads, the extent of vegetation, the configuration of settlements, and the detailed relief all speak to the landscape as it was then understood and surveyed. For collectors, the map offers more than geographic information; it captures the meeting point of mining history, federal scientific cartography, and Arizona’s dramatic high-desert terrain. Its disciplined design turns a complex landscape into an elegant, information-rich historical record.
Cities, towns and places on this map
- Jerome, Arizona
- Cottonwood, Arizona
- Prescott, Arizona
- Coconino National Forest
- Verde River
- Black Mountain
- Chino Valley
- Gold Dust
- Hillside
- Clear Creek
- Pine Mountain
Historical context & cartographic details
- Map name: Cottonwood Quadrangle
- Produced by the US Geological Survey as a historical 1:24,000 topographical map.
- Dated 1973, with a 1977 imprint.
- Published by the United States Geological Survey, an important institution in American land surveying, mapping, and scientific data collection.
- Shows Jerome and the surrounding Arizona landscape during the 1970s.
- Jerome is a historic copper mining town that later transformed into an artist community.
- Features detailed topographical mapping, including contour lines, water bodies, and vegetation shading.
- Emphasizes elevation changes, land cover, steep hills, valleys, and forested terrain.
- Reflects the geological and ecological character of the Jerome area before later changes in land use and urban development.
- Uses a clear color palette, with greens for lower elevations and earth tones for higher terrain.
Looking for a particular place? Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, ask our workshop to check before you order.
Detailed maps are especially rewarding at larger sizes, where names, boundaries and decorative features have more room to be appreciated. Use the close-up preview and size guide to choose the right scale for your wall.
This map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please get in touch.
The model in the listing images is holding the 16x20in (40x50cm) version of this map.
Where personalisation is available, you can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. See personalised map examples.
Every piece is printed to museum-grade archival standards using fade-resistant pigment inks on acid-free matte paper. Choose an unframed map print, framed map or canvas using the finish options above. Framed maps use crystal-clear optical acrylic and arrive ready to hang.
With its rich detail and strong sense of place, this map makes a considered gift for a new home, anniversary, retirement or anyone with a personal connection to the area shown. Still deciding? Explore our collection of rare old and vintage maps to discover another place, period or style.
This map is also available as a float framed canvas, sometimes known as a shadow gap framed canvas or canvas floater. The map is printed on artist's cotton canvas and then stretched over a handmade box frame. We then "float" the canvas inside a wooden frame, which is available in a range of colours (black, dark brown, oak, antique gold and white). This is a wonderful way to present a map without glazing in front. See some examples of float framed canvas maps and explore the differences between my different finishes.
For something truly unique, this map is also available in "Unique 3D", our trademarked process that dramatically transforms the map so that it has a wonderful sense of depth. We combine the original map with detailed topography and elevation data, so that mountains and the terrain really "pop". For more info and examples of 3D maps, check my Unique 3D page.
The “Cottonwood Quadrangle” was surveyed in 1973 and issued with a 1977 USGS imprint, capturing a particularly evocative portion of central Arizona at the authoritative 1:24,000 scale. Produced by the United States Geological Survey, it belongs to the great national project of precise topographic mapping that defined American landscapes in the twentieth century. Here, the historic mining town of Jerome appears amid the rugged folds above the Verde Valley, with Cottonwood, the Verde River, and surrounding highlands arranged in crisp cartographic order. The map’s appeal lies in its union of scientific exactitude and regional drama: contour lines, waterways, vegetation, roads, and settlement patterns combine to create a richly legible portrait of a mountainous desert-edge landscape.
The cartography is characteristically meticulous, with closely spaced contour lines revealing the steep hillsides and abrupt elevation changes around Jerome and Black Mountain. Subtle earth tones and greens distinguish upland terrain, lower valleys, and forested areas, giving the sheet a vivid topographical rhythm. This is a landscape of escarpments, drainage cuts, ridges, and basins, where the physical geography dictates the pattern of travel and settlement. Clear Creek, the Verde River corridor, and smaller washes cut through the terrain, while the surrounding relief suggests both geological complexity and human perseverance. The result is not merely a practical survey, but a visual study of Arizona’s verticality, where mining roads, settlements, and natural landforms are inseparable.
Jerome is the historical heart of the map: a copper boomtown dramatically perched on the slopes of the Black Hills. Once among Arizona’s most important mining centers, Jerome rose on the wealth of copper extracted from the surrounding mountains, then declined as mining activity waned in the mid-twentieth century. By the era represented here, it was in the midst of reinvention, shifting from industrial town to historic enclave and artist community. That transition gives the map particular resonance. It records the area after the great mining age, but before later waves of heritage tourism and development had fully reshaped the town’s identity. Roads, elevations, and neighboring features preserve the physical setting that made Jerome both difficult and extraordinary.
Beyond Jerome and Cottonwood, the quadrangle situates the Verde Valley within a broader geographic frame that includes the Coconino National Forest, Chino Valley, Pine Mountain, Hillside, Gold Dust, and the uplands leading toward Prescott. The Verde River is especially important, threading through a region otherwise defined by aridity and broken terrain. Its valley provided a natural route, a water source, and a basis for settlement, agriculture, and later regional connection. The contrast between river bottom, high ridges, and forested slopes is one of the map’s most compelling qualities. It shows central Arizona not as a uniform desert, but as a layered ecological and geological zone shaped by water, elevation, and mineral wealth.
As a document of the 1970s, this USGS sheet preserves a moment before many subsequent changes in land use, infrastructure, tourism, and urban expansion altered the Verde Valley and its surroundings. It reflects the geological and ecological character of the region with a clarity that remains historically valuable: the placement of roads, the extent of vegetation, the configuration of settlements, and the detailed relief all speak to the landscape as it was then understood and surveyed. For collectors, the map offers more than geographic information; it captures the meeting point of mining history, federal scientific cartography, and Arizona’s dramatic high-desert terrain. Its disciplined design turns a complex landscape into an elegant, information-rich historical record.
Cities, towns and places on this map
- Jerome, Arizona
- Cottonwood, Arizona
- Prescott, Arizona
- Coconino National Forest
- Verde River
- Black Mountain
- Chino Valley
- Gold Dust
- Hillside
- Clear Creek
- Pine Mountain
Historical context & cartographic details
- Map name: Cottonwood Quadrangle
- Produced by the US Geological Survey as a historical 1:24,000 topographical map.
- Dated 1973, with a 1977 imprint.
- Published by the United States Geological Survey, an important institution in American land surveying, mapping, and scientific data collection.
- Shows Jerome and the surrounding Arizona landscape during the 1970s.
- Jerome is a historic copper mining town that later transformed into an artist community.
- Features detailed topographical mapping, including contour lines, water bodies, and vegetation shading.
- Emphasizes elevation changes, land cover, steep hills, valleys, and forested terrain.
- Reflects the geological and ecological character of the Jerome area before later changes in land use and urban development.
- Uses a clear color palette, with greens for lower elevations and earth tones for higher terrain.
Looking for a particular place? Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, ask our workshop to check before you order.
Detailed maps are especially rewarding at larger sizes, where names, boundaries and decorative features have more room to be appreciated. Use the close-up preview and size guide to choose the right scale for your wall.
This map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please get in touch.
The model in the listing images is holding the 16x20in (40x50cm) version of this map.
Where personalisation is available, you can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. See personalised map examples.
Every piece is printed to museum-grade archival standards using fade-resistant pigment inks on acid-free matte paper. Choose an unframed map print, framed map or canvas using the finish options above. Framed maps use crystal-clear optical acrylic and arrive ready to hang.
With its rich detail and strong sense of place, this map makes a considered gift for a new home, anniversary, retirement or anyone with a personal connection to the area shown. Still deciding? Explore our collection of rare old and vintage maps to discover another place, period or style.
This map is also available as a float framed canvas, sometimes known as a shadow gap framed canvas or canvas floater. The map is printed on artist's cotton canvas and then stretched over a handmade box frame. We then "float" the canvas inside a wooden frame, which is available in a range of colours (black, dark brown, oak, antique gold and white). This is a wonderful way to present a map without glazing in front. See some examples of float framed canvas maps and explore the differences between my different finishes.
For something truly unique, this map is also available in "Unique 3D", our trademarked process that dramatically transforms the map so that it has a wonderful sense of depth. We combine the original map with detailed topography and elevation data, so that mountains and the terrain really "pop". For more info and examples of 3D maps, check my Unique 3D page.
Many of our maps and art prints are chosen as thoughtful gifts for homes, offices, studies and meaningful places.
Choose a framed option for the easiest ready-to-hang gift, or choose an unframed print if the recipient may prefer to select their own frame.
We make orders locally in 23 countries around the world, so gifts can often be produced close to the recipient. This helps them arrive faster, travel more safely, and avoid customs or import duty surprises.
- We can deliver directly to the recipient
- Framed pieces arrive ready to hang
- Unframed prints are carefully packed in a strong protective tube
- Almost every order is made locally, for faster, safer gifting
- 90-day returns give the recipient time to decide
If you are not sure what to choose, please contact us. We can help you pick the right map, size, finish or delivery option.
Most orders are made locally and delivered in around 2–3 working days, depending on the product, size and destination.
We print and frame maps and artwork in 23 countries around the world, so your order is usually made close to you or your recipient. That means faster delivery, less time in transit, and no customs or import duty surprises.
Personalised and customised pieces usually take an extra 1–2 working days, because we prepare your design and send it to you for approval before printing.
Very large framed orders can take a little longer, as they need extra care in production and delivery.
Every order is carefully packaged: unframed prints are sent in a strong protective tube, while framed pieces are securely packed with protective materials around the frame.
If you need your order by a particular date, please contact us before ordering. We’ll check the best production route and delivery option for your location.
Express delivery is available at checkout for most countries. Next-day delivery is available in the UK, US, Singapore and the UAE.
Your order is covered by our 90-day returns policy and 10-year guarantee.
Our standard frame is a gallery-style black ash hardwood frame, with a simple, modern look. It is approximately 20mm (0.8in) wide. You can also view some lovely customer photos of framed maps and art.
We use super-clear acrylic glazing, also known as Perspex or Acrylite, instead of traditional glass. It is lighter, safer, and has lower reflectivity, giving the artwork a clearer, cleaner appearance.
Six standard frame colours are available at no extra cost: black, dark brown, dark grey, oak, white, and antique gold. Custom framing and mounting/matting is also available for customers looking for something more specific.
Most maps, art prints, and illustrations are also available as a framed canvas. We use matte cotton canvas, stretch it over a sustainably sourced wooden box frame, and then float the piece within a wooden outer frame. The finished result is beautifully presented, with no glazing between you and the artwork.
All frames are supplied ready to hang, with either string or brackets fitted to the back. Very large frames will include heavy-duty hanging plates and/or a mounting baton. If you have any questions, please get in touch.
We can also supply old maps and artwork on canvas, foam board, cotton rag, and other materials.
If you would prefer to frame your map or artwork yourself, please read our size guide before ordering.
Every Unique Maps piece begins with an authentic cartographic source or an original design from our London studio.
For our historic maps, we source rare originals from libraries, archives, auction houses and private collections around the world. We carefully restore each map for print—repairing age-related damage, balancing colour and improving clarity while preserving its original detail, texture and character.
Once restored, the map is prepared for your chosen size and finish. Your piece is then printed and, where selected, framed close to its delivery destination.
Our map prints use acid-free 200gsm archival matte paper and fade-resistant pigment inks, creating a rich, non-glossy finish designed to last. Framed maps use crystal-clear optical acrylic and arrive ready to hang.
Canvas, cotton-rag and other specialist presentations are also available. Learn more about our materials and finishes.
Personalising your map
You can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. For personalised designs, we send a proof before printing and you can request changes before approval.
For more complex bespoke commissions, contact our design team.
Original or Aged
Choose Original for true-to-source colour, or Aged for a warmer, richer antique character created with our specialist ageing process. See examples of our Aged maps.
We’ve been restoring and producing maps and art prints since 1984, and we stand behind every piece.
Every order is covered by our 10-year guarantee and damage-free delivery guarantee. If your piece arrives damaged, we’ll replace or remake it free of charge. If anything else isn’t right, contact our workshop team and we’ll put it right promptly.
See our returns and refund policy for full details.
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