2022 Map of Arickaree

About this map

The tiny settlement of Arickaree sits at the center of this Washington County landscape, where the High Plains terrain is etched by the drainage of Gordon Cr. This 2022 survey illustrates the enduring grid of the Public Land Survey System, with township and range lines defining the organization of the modern cattle ranching and farming country. Sparse settlement patterns are evident near Wiladel in the northeastern portion of the sheet, connected by a network of section-line roads including Co Rd 12 and Co Rd 11. The map reveals how the modern road system, such as Co Rd 8 and Co Rd 4, follows the logic of 19th-century land divisions across the undulating topography of the Arickaree river basin area.