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2019 Map of Big Spring Creek

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Big Spring Creek
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

The High Plains landscape of eastern Colorado is defined by the ephemeral drainage patterns of Big Spring Cr and its tributaries as they carve through the borderlands of Cheyenne and Kit Carson counties. This 2019 survey captures a strictly rural environment where the Public Land Survey System creates a rigid, rectilinear grid of sections and townships across the prairie. The topography is subtly punctuated by the winding paths of E Br Spring Cr and Pass Cr, which break the flat horizon with low-relief draws and basins.

A network of county roads follows these section lines, providing the primary infrastructure for this ranching and agricultural region. Significant local thoroughfares like Co Rd A run directly along the Kit Carson Co Cheyenne Co boundary, while routes such as Co Rd 15 and Co Rd F connect the scattered homesteads of the plains. This map illustrates the intersection of modern cartography with the enduring township-and-range framework of the American West.