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1955 Map of Coalmont

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Coalmont
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

Coalmont serves as the industrial and logistical center of this Jackson County landscape, situated at a junction where the Union Pacific railroad met the region's coal and ranching interests. The settlement is flanked by an Open Pit Mine and Coal Mines to the south, highlighting the resource extraction that defined the local economy during the mid-20th century. To the north, Hebron sits along the rail line, surrounded by a complex network of irrigation works including the Marr Ditch No 1 and Staples Ditch No 1.

The terrain is defined by the high-country drainage of Little Grizzly Creek and Grizzly Creek, with numerous family-named operations such as the Wamsley Cattle Ranch and Trownsell Ranch dotting the valley floor. To the south, the landscape rises toward Pole Mountain, where the Spicer Sch served the rural community near Cow Creek. This survey captures a moment when traditional cattle ranching and heavy industry operated side-by-side in the Colorado high-plains.