2010 Map of Bonny Reservoir North

About this map

Bonny Reservoir and the South Fork Republican River anchor the southern boundary of this landscape, where the waters are managed by the Bonny Dam and diverted through the Hale Ditch. The surrounding terrain in eastern Yuma County is defined by a rigorous grid of county roads that service isolated homesteads and livestock operations, including Burr Ranch and Moellenberg Ranch. This 2010 survey reflects a high-plains agricultural economy supported by small-scale aviation infrastructure, such as the M A and K A Dickson Airport and the Bonny Dam Landing Strip. For local historians and genealogists, the Downey Cemetery and the settlement of Hale represent important cornerstones of the community's heritage. The drainage patterns of Sand Creek and Armknecht Creek carve subtle relief into the otherwise orderly square-mile sections of the Colorado plains.