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2010 Map of Buckeye

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of Buckeye
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

Buckeye Ranch Cemetery and the small settlement of Buckeye anchor this portion of northern Colorado, where the high plains meet the foothills of Gilman Mountain. The landscape is defined by an extensive water management system designed for high-altitude agriculture, featuring a dense network of irrigation laterals such as the Buckeye Lateral and Park Creek Lateral. These channels feed numerous storage sites including Boxelder Reservoir Number 1, Mountain Supply Reservoir Number 7, and the North Poudre Reservoir Number 15.

Resource extraction and transit are central to the area's development, evidenced by the Wellington Oil Field and the Sheep Draw Quarry. These industrial sites are linked by a grid of county roads that navigate the drainage of Boxelder Creek and Rawhide Creek. Near the southern edge, the small location of Ripple sits along the North Poudre Canal, illustrating the vital role of water infrastructure in sustaining this Larimer County landscape.