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2022 Map of Barrel Springs Draw

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Barrel Springs Draw
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Barrel Springs and the drainage of Barrel Springs Draw define the topography of this Lincoln County landscape. The area is characterized by a network of intermittent watercourses, including Rush Creek and its tributary Rush Cr, which cut through the high plains terrain. Land use is primarily delineated by the Public Land Survey System, with township and range boundaries such as t15s r53w and t16s r52w marking the organized grid of the region.

Human presence is evidenced through a structured grid of county roads that facilitate travel across the sparse landscape. Key transit corridors include Co Hwy 63, which runs north-south, and various gravel routes like Co RD S and Co RD N. The presence of Rock Basin in the northeast suggests specific geological depressions common to this part of the Colorado plains, while the named springs indicate critical historic water sources in an otherwise arid environment.