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1957 Map of Coal Creek

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Coal Creek
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

The Naval Air Station (Buckley Field) dominates the western landscape of this mid-century topographical study, serving as a significant military anchor on the outskirts of Denver. In the southern portion of the map, the extensive Lowry Air Force Base Bombing Range stretches across the high plains, marked by a distinct Military Reservation Boundary that separates federal defense land from the rural development of Arapahoe County.

Evidence of the area's agricultural and transit roots is visible through the Union Pacific railroad line skirting the northern border near a large Mesa, while local education is represented by the isolated Coal Creek Sch. Natural drainage patterns like Coal Creek and East Toll Gate Creek carve through the terrain, punctuated by occasional industrial Gravel Pits and the small Airpark Landing Area, illustrating a transition from open ranch land to structured military and infrastructure use.