Loading map...

1970 Map of Buffalo

Name: 1970 Topographic Map of Buffalo
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

The town of Buffalo serves as the focal point of this 1970s landscape, positioned at the edge of the Bighorn Mountains where Clear Creek emerges onto the plains. The map illustrates a community shaped by its frontier past, marked clearly by the Old Military Reservation Boundary that corridors the western reaches of the survey. The town's social fabric is evidenced by civic spaces like Prosinski Park, the High Sch, and the local Fairground, while the Drive-in Theater and Golf Course reflect mid-century expansion.

Agricultural development is highly visible through an extensive network of water management, including the Redman Ditch, Crown Ditch, and Cummings Ditch, which divert water from the creeks to support the surrounding draws. Transportation history is recorded in the Old Railroad Grade snaking south, a relic of early industrial ambitions in Johnson County. From the Willow Grove Cemetery to the various gravel pits, the map documents the intersection of settlement, irrigation, and natural drainage patterns like Gossett Draw and Mc Venry Creek.