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2016 Map of Cat Creek NE

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Cat Creek NE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

The arid high plains of Prowers County are defined by a network of drainage channels and a rigid section-line road system in this 2016 survey. The meandering path of Clay Creek (labeled in parts as Clay Cr) snakes through the western half of the landscape, joined in the southwest by Horse Cr. These ephemeral watercourses are the primary topographic interruptions in an area otherwise partitioned by the Public Land Survey System, as indicated by the prominent township lines like t24s r46w.

Transport through this ranching country relies on a grid of county routes, including Co Rd 11 and Co Rd 8. In the northeast corner, Smith Arroyo provides further drainage toward the Arkansas River basin. The map illustrates the 21st-century state of this rural Colorado landscape, where land use is dictated by the availability of water and the accessibility of remote roads like Co Rd X and Co Rd U.