2015 Map of Atwood NW

About this map

The rolling plains of Rawlins County are defined here by the dual drainages of the N Fork Driftwood Cr and S Fork Driftwood Cr. This agricultural landscape, mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2015, retains the geometric precision of the Public Land Survey System, with a dense network of section-line roads like Co Rd 407 and Co Rd Y connecting isolated homesteads. For genealogists and local historians, the presence of three distinct rural burial grounds—Saint Johns Cem, Enterprise Cem, and Immaculate Conception Cem—speaks to the early Catholic and pioneer communities that settled this corner of northwest Kansas. The terrain transitions from broad upland fields into the dissected draws surrounding the creek forks, where local routes like Field Trail Rd follow the natural topography of the High Plains.