Kiowa National Grassland

"Road to Mills Canyon, NM" by Tim Menzies , CC BY-SA 2.0

Kiowa

National Grassland - New Mexico

Kiowa National Grassland is located in northeastern New Mexico. The southwestern Great Plains grassland includes prairie and part of the Canadian River Canyon. Both units of the National Grassland consist of a patchwork quilt of public land interspaced with private land. Elevations on the Grassland range from 4,500 to 6,300 feet (1,400 to 1,900 m) which is high enough to moderate somewhat the summer temperatures of the Great Plains. Semi-arid steppe grassland (shortgrass prairie) is the most common vegetation, covering 79 percent of the Grassland (including the adjacent Rita Blanca National Grassland). Ten percent of the land is covered with Pinyon – Juniper woodland, almost entirely in the western sector. A few stands of Ponderosa Pine are found in the Canadian River Canyon in the western sector. Nine percent of vegetative cover is Sand Sagebrush and one percent is Cottonwood and Willow riparian forest. The Canadian River is the only permanent stream. Playa lakes (shallow lakes which hold rainwater part of the year) are commonly found.

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USFS 100K Series - Springer

1:100K map of Springer in New Mexico. Published by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS).

USFS 100K Series - Clayton

1:100K map of Clayton in New Mexico and Texas. Published by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS).

USFS Southwestern Region 03 - Kiowa and Rita Blanca

Map of Kiowa and Rita Blanca National Grasslands in the USFS Southwestern Region 03 in New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma. Published by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS).

USFS Southwestern Region 03 - McClellan Creek

Map of McClellan Creek National Grassland in the USFS Southwestern Region 03 in Texas. Published by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS).

USFS Southwestern Region 03 - Black Kettle

Map of Black Kettle National Grassland in the USFS Southwestern Region 03 in Oklahoma. Published by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS).

Cibola - Kiowa-Rita Blanca National Grasslands (West)

Map of Kiowa-Rita Blanca National Grasslands (West) in the USFS Southwestern Region 03 in New Mexico. Published by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS).

Kiowa MVUM - Mills Unit 2025

Motor Vehicle Use Map (MVUM) of the Mills Unit of Kiowa National Grassland (NG) in New Mexico. Published by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS).

Kiowa MVUM - Rita Blanca 2020

Motor Vehicle Use Map (MVUM) of Rita Blanca National Grassland (NG) in New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas. Published by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS).

USFS 100K Series - Mosquero

1:100K map of Mosquero in New Mexico and Texas. Published by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS).

USFS 100K Series - Roy

1:100K map of Roy in New Mexico. Published by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS).

New Mexico - Tourist-Road Map

Tourist-Road Map of New Mexico. Published by the New Mexico Department of Transportation.

Texas - Travel Map

Official Texas Travel Map. Published by the Texas Department of Transportation.

Kiowa NG https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/cibola/home/?cid=fsbdev3_065702 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiowa_National_Grassland Kiowa National Grassland is located in northeastern New Mexico. The southwestern Great Plains grassland includes prairie and part of the Canadian River Canyon. Both units of the National Grassland consist of a patchwork quilt of public land interspaced with private land. Elevations on the Grassland range from 4,500 to 6,300 feet (1,400 to 1,900 m) which is high enough to moderate somewhat the summer temperatures of the Great Plains. Semi-arid steppe grassland (shortgrass prairie) is the most common vegetation, covering 79 percent of the Grassland (including the adjacent Rita Blanca National Grassland). Ten percent of the land is covered with Pinyon – Juniper woodland, almost entirely in the western sector. A few stands of Ponderosa Pine are found in the Canadian River Canyon in the western sector. Nine percent of vegetative cover is Sand Sagebrush and one percent is Cottonwood and Willow riparian forest. The Canadian River is the only permanent stream. Playa lakes (shallow lakes which hold rainwater part of the year) are commonly found.