1971 Map of Bonny Reservoir SE

About this map

Beaver Creek and its tributary, Little Beaver Creek, dominate this high plains landscape along the Colorado and Kansas border in the early 1970s. The terrain is defined by a network of drainage systems, including Battle Creek, Jaqua Creek, and Bonny Creek, which carve through the arid topography. This era of the Missouri River Basin development project is reflected in the systematic mapping of section lines and township boundaries that crisscross the border. Evidence of human activity is sparse but specific, with a lone Grave and a localized Gravel Pit providing the few named markers of individual history and industry in a region primarily shaped by its waterways and political divisions.