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1980 Map of Brownell

Name: 1980 Topographic Map of Brownell
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

Brownell stands as the primary settlement in this western Kansas landscape, situated in the southwest corner where the Missouri Pacific railroad line cuts through the prairie. The geography is defined by the transition between the Waring and Riverside townships, marked by a series of intermittent draws and significant terrain features like Goat Canyon and the distinctively named Round House Rock.

Evidence of the local extractive economy is scattered throughout the township sections, with numerous Oil Well sites, a Gravel Pit, and multiple Quarry operations. These industrial markers follow the drainage of Big Timber Creek and its surrounding valleys. The map clearly delineates the Trego Co Ness Co line, showing the rural property divisions and section corners that shaped this agricultural and energy-producing region during the late twentieth century.