2022 Map of Caney NW

About this map

The borderlands between Chautauqua and Montgomery counties are defined by a network of drainage basins, where the headwaters of Illinois Creek and Bee Creek carve through the landscape. This rural section of Southeast Kansas is characterized by small-scale cattle ranching and farming, with the terrain marked by geographic features such as Sorghum Hollow and Green Hollow. A handful of family and community burial grounds, including Washington Cem and Burton Cem, serve as the primary markers of historical settlement in an area otherwise dominated by the geometric grid of rural roads like Quivira Rd and Kansas Rd. The presence of Bee Cr Lake provides a central water source amidst the rolling topography, while the eastern portion of the map is drained by the winding course of Onion Cr and Deer Cr.