2016 Map of Chalk Bluffs West

About this map

The Pawnee National Grassland dominates the southern half of this landscape, where the high plains of Weld County meet the escarpments of the Chalk Bluffs. This 2016 survey documents a sparsely populated ranching and grazing region defined by its complex drainage network. Watercourses like Geary Cr and Eastman Cr carve into the terrain, while Simpson Mesa stands as a prominent elevation in the northwest. The map details the transition from the flat tablelands above the bluffs to the lower plains, where a grid of county roads, including Co RD 136 and Co RD 39, provides the primary infrastructure. For researchers, the map is a precise record of public lands and the intermittent streams, such as W Fork Willow Cr and Coal Cr, that shape the local geography near the Colorado-Wyoming border.