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2016 Map of Cheraw

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

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

Arkansas River water management defines this Otero County landscape, where an intricate network of irrigation and storage systems supports the plains. The southern portion of the map is anchored by the northern reaches of La Junta, including La Junta Gardens and North La Junta. Moving north, the importance of water infrastructure is evident through the Fort Lyon Canal and Fort Lyon Storage Canal, which feed into significant bodies like Cheraw Lake and the Holbrook Reservoir.

Settlement patterns follow these water and transportation corridors, with small communities such as Cheraw, Randall, and Shelton established along the grid of county roads. The eastern edge features the La Junta Municipal Airport, while local history is marked at the Holbrook Cem. The terrain is also shaped by numerous water diversions like the Jackson Lateral and Wasson Lateral, illustrating the intensive engineering required for agriculture in this region of Colorado.