2010 Map of Akron SW

About this map

Surveyor Creek and Brunker Creek carve through this section of Washington County, defining the drainage patterns of an otherwise strictly organized agricultural landscape. The survey captures the precision of the Public Land Survey System, where a rigid grid of local routes like County RD-33 and County RD-BB segment the High Plains into uniform sections. This network of dirt and gravel roads provides a clear view of land division in the early 21st century, illustrating how rural infrastructure is dictated by topography only where the winding creek beds intersect the straight-line geography of the plains. Aside from these seasonal watercourses and the intersecting transit lines, the map focuses on the vast, open spaces characteristic of eastern Colorado’s farming and ranching territory.